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The Eight DO
SAIKAIDO - The
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BUNGO RYOKAI
Main developmental output was BUN-AN to BUN-MEI.
The strength of YAMASHIRO RYOKAI slowly dropped
away with time.
Note:BUZEN and BUNGO were common stepping-stones
for smiths of this school. See BUZEN RYOKAI
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YAMASHIRO HISANOBU School
________|____ YOSHIMASA MEI-TOKU 1390
KYO YOSHISADA (1) RYAKU-O 1338 (and BUZEN, later: KYO)
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BUNGO YOSHISADA(2) "TSUKUSHI RYOKAI" O-AN 1368
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BUNGO YOSHISADA(3) O-EI 1394 YOSHIZANE(1) KYO NOBUMITSU
__________|____ | O-EI 1394 EI-KYO 1429
BUZEN YOSHISADA(4) BUN-AN 1444 |
_____________________________| BUZEN USA KAJI
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HIDEYOSHI EI-KYO 1429 BUZEN YOSHIZANE(2) EI-KYO 1429
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IYEMITSU and BUZEN __________|____ ____|____
CHO-ROKU 1457 BUZEN YOSHIZANE(3) BUN-MEI 1469 HIDEYOSHI
BUN-MEI 1469
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IYEYOSHI O-EI 1394 YOSHINAO(1) O-EI 1394
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IYEYOSHI BUN-MEI 1469 YOSHINAO(2) BUN-AN 1444
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YOSHIMASA YOSHIMORI YOSHIHIDE
- EI-KYO 1429 -
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RYOKAI NOBUYOSHI RYOKAI NOBUKUNI RYOKAI YASUMITSU
BUN-AN 1444 - KA-KICHI 1441 -
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YOSHITSUGU YOSHISHIGE YAMASHIRO MASAYOSHI KO-SHO 1455
- MEI-O 1492 - ____|____
_________ MASAYOSHI TEN-MON 1532
SADAYOSHI MEI-O 1492 ________________
____|____ BUZEN TSUNEYOSHI(1) BUN-MEI 1469
SADAYOSHI KO-JI 1555 __________|_____
________ _________ BUNGO TSUNEYOSHI(2) EI-SHO 1504
IYEMITSU SHIGEYUKI _________
- EI-ROKU 1558 - YOSHIHIRO TAI-EI 1521
YOSHISADA(2) O-AN (f: YOSHISADA 1): Founder of RYOKAI in KYUSHU.
Transferred from YAMASHIRO to BUNGO. His father was
student of RYOKAIs' son, HISANOBU. TSUKUSHI (KYUSHU)
RYOKAI style traveled without passport. HADA: SHIRA-KE
KO-ITAME with thin JI-NIE veil. KO-NIE SUGUHA.
GUNOME-MIDARE HA with SUNAGASHI.
NOBUMITSU EI-KYO (f: YOSHISADA): From YAMASHIRO. BUZEN USA JU.
MOKUME MASAME (NOBUKUNI influence). SUGU KO-MIDARE HA.
BUNGO TSUKUSHI RYOKAI
YOSHIZANE(1) O-EI (f: YOSHISADA): TSUKUSHI (KYUSHU) RYOKAI. Work
from MEI-TOKU 1390 to O-EI 1394 in BUZEN and YAMASHIRO.
ITAME HADA veiled in JI-NIE. HAMON: KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA in
the then waning style of the YAMASHIRO RYOKAI.
HIDEYOSHI EI-KYO (f: YOSHIZANE): From YAMASHIRO. Followed his
father. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA.
YOSHINAO O-EI: KO-MIDARE BA.
IYEYOSHI O-EI: Transferred from YAMASHIRO.
IYEYOSHI BUN-MEI: RYOKAI SUKEDAYU. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and
SUGU KO-NOTARE KO-MIDARE or GUNOME-MIDARE of KO-NIE
vaguely resembling the fading KYO RYOKAI.
Also signed YAMASHIRO JU.
YOSHIHIDE EI-KYO: SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE with SUNAGASHI.
YOSHIMORI EI-KYO: SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA.
NOBUYOSHI BUN-AN: MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA.
MASAYOSHI KO-SHO: From YAMASHIRO. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and
KO-MIDARE BA.
MORIYASU KAN-SHO: BUZEN also. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGU KO-MIDARE.
SADAYOSHI MEI-O: SHIRA-KE ITAME veiled in JI-NIE. NIOI-DEKI SUGU
of KO-NIE with KO-ASHI.
YOSHITSUGU MEI-O: MOKUME with MASAME. YOSHIZANE style SUGU
KO-MIDARE.
TSUNEYOSHI EI-SHO: From BUZEN USA School. KO-ITAME with JI-NIE.
KO-NIE SUGUHA.
Smithing by the river...
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YUKITADA TEI-JI 1362
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YUKIMASA(1) KEN-TOKU 1370 ONO JU YUKIMASA:
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YUKIMASA(2) O-EI 1394 with O-HADA. KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA.
___|____ Known for framed KURIKARA
YUKIMASA(3) HO-TOKU 1449 (Dragon) HORIMONO.
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YUKIMASA(4) BUN-AN 1444
