HIGO ENJU School  

                       HIROMURA  brings SHIKKAKE and RAI to HIGO.
                       Finely worked KONE-TSUCHI "Mud" KO-MOKUME.
ENJU famous for SHIRA-KERU "Turbid-white." This frothy off-white 
film clings in the grain and gives the appearance one might find 
in an aerial view of the open sea. SUGU KO-MIDARE, SUGU-KUZURE BA, 
SUGUHA with ASHI in NIE. BOSHI are KO-MARU. Can be NIJU.
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YAMATO SENJUIN SHIGEMURA (MOKUSA Student)
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HIROMURA BUN-O to SHO-O 1288
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KUNIMURA SHO-WA 1312    KUNITOKI KEN-JI 1275
  |_______________ ____________ _____________ __________    
__|______      ___|____     ___|____      ___|____  ____|___
KUNIYOSHI(1)   KUNIYASU(1)  KUNISUKE(1)   KUNINOBU  KUNITOKI(1) 
  | KEM-MU 1334   | -KA-REKI 1326 -       ___|___    BUN-PO 1317
  |               |_____________          KUNIIYE    
  | _________  ___|____      ___|____     ___|____     
  | KUNITSUNA  KUNISUKE(2)   KUNIYASU(2)  KUNISHIGE EI-TOKU 1375
  | TEI-WA 1345   | - SHO-HEI 1346 -       ________              
  |            ___|____                    KUNIYASU SHI-TOKU 1384
  |            KUNISUKE(3) KA-KEI 1387     ___|_____________     
  |            ___|____                    KUNIMOTO BUN DAYU     
  |            KUNISUKE(4) O-EI 1394                 O-EI 1394
  |_____________ _________________________ _________ ___________
__|______    ___|____                 ____|____  ___|____       |
KUNIYOSHI    KUNIMURA(2) EN-BUN 1356  KUNIMITSU  KUNIKIYO       |
O-EI 1394    ___|____                   ____________|____       |
             KUNIMURA(3) O-EI 1394      HIZEN JU TOKISUYE       |
     ____________ ____________ _________________________________|
____|____    ____|___      ___|____            ________
KUNITSUNA    KUNIFUSA(1)   KUNITOKI(2)         KUNITOMO
    |____________ ____________  SHO-HEI 1346       TEI-WA 1345
____|____     ___|____     ___|____      _______ ________
KUNITSUNA     KUNIMASA(2)  KUNIFUSA(2)   ARIKUNI KUNIMASA
EI-TOKU 1381       - O-EI 1394 -           - O-AN 1368 - 
                                         ________            
                                         KUNITOMO BUN-AN 1444

HIROMURA SHO-O (f:SENJUIN SHIGEMURA,t: SHIKKAKE NORIHIRO): He
        studied under NORIHIRO before moving to YAMASHIRO for the
        hand of RAI KUNIYUKI's daughter. Both he and his son are 
        considered founders of ENJU. His father was of MOKUSA 
        School. He developed the unique ENJU HADA from his YAMATO
        and RAI background. KIKUCHI JU. SUGUHA with ASHI. Study 
        RAI. Note: Earlier pieces may be YAMASHIRO.
        See Hiromura beginning - See Hiromura at Shikkake


KUNIMURA(1) SHO-WA (f:HIROMURA): ENJU Co-founder. ENJUTARO came
        with his father to KIKUCHI. Worked to the KEM-MU. 
        SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE Late-KAMAKURA TACHI SUGATA.
        Small, elongated KISSAKI. SHIRA-KERU KO-MOKUME evenly
        veiled in JI-NIE. SUGUHA with KO-ASHI forms lazy 
        KO-MIDARE resembling RYOKAI or RAI KUNIMITSU. 
        2nd KUNIMURA line falls from KUNIYOSHI, the father.

KUNITOKI(1) BUN-PO (f: KUNIMURA): KIKUCHI smith working to EN-GEN
        1336, the beginning of the NAMBOKUCHO. KO-ITAME HADA 
        thinly veiled of JI-NIE. SHIRA-KERU. KO-NIE DEKI SUGU 
        with KO-ASHI or KO-MIDARE BA. BOSHI: SUGU with KO-MARU.
     KUNITOKI

KUNITOKI(2) SHO-HEI (f: KUNIYOSHI 1): ENJU-SABURO. KIKUCHI family
        of smiths, or ENJU association. Second KUNITOKI is son of
        KUNIYOSHI. KO-MOKUME. Famous for long even pattern. 
        SUGUHA KO-ASHI in excellent KO-NIE. KO-MIDARE. HOTSURE, 
        ENJU style.
     KUNITOKI
     HISHU KIKUCHI JU KUNITOKI

KUNIYASU KA-REKI (f: KUNIMURA): Running KO-ITAME with JI-NIE. 
        SUGUHA with slight NOTARE. NOTARE or CHOJI-like rises may
        be seen. HOTSURE sweeps the HABUCHI. There may be ARA 
        NIE-FUKASHI. MIDARE BOSHI joins an active and possibly 
        deep-falling KAERI. EI-KYO finds SUE-ENJU KUNIYASU, a 
        different man.

KUNISUKE(1) KA-REKI (f: KUNIMURA): SHIRA-KERU KO-ITAME with 
        JI-NIE veil. SUGATA resembles RAI. Appraisal point: Evenly
        running SHIRA-KERU KO-ITAME. KO-NIE CHU-SUGU NIOI-FUKASHI.
        SUGU KO-MARU BOSHI.
 Tokubetsu Juyo Kunisuke 

KUNISUKE(2) SHO-HEI (f: KUNIYASU 1): ENJU. There are TACHI and
        TANTO. Running ITAME in JI-NIE. SHIRA-KERU. HOSO and 
        CHU-SUGUHA patterns with KO-ASHI. Line may expand to 
        NOTARE BA where falling KO-ASHI may pull GUNOME-like 
        shapes in the line. BOSHI may be wide to KO-MARU or 
        perhaps "swept" and possibly NIJU. Simple HORIMONO of
        SU-KEN or GOMABASHI.

KUNINOBU KA-REKI (t: KUNIMURA): KIKUCHI. SHIRA-KERU KO-ITAME 
        veiled in JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI SUGU with KO-ASHI or 
        KO-GUNOME. KO-MARU BOSHI.

KUNIIYE KEM-MU: Even-grained KO-ITAME SHIRA-KERU. KO-NIE SUGUHA
        to KO-MARU BOSHI. Also: KUNIIYE in TEI-JI and SHI-TOKU.

KUNIYOSHI(1) KEM-MU (f: KUNIMURA): KIKUCHI. SUE-KAMAKURA SUGATA
        of elongated KISSAKI and thick-backed, curveless or 
        UCHIZORI 9.5 SUN TANTO. Evenly running SHIRA-KE ITAME.
        HOSO-SUGUHA with ASHI, CHU-SUGU to KO-GUNOME with ASHI or
        having slight NOTARE with KO-ASHI in NIE-FUKASHI.
        BOSHI: SUGU with KO-MARU.    

KUNIYOSHI(2) O-EI (f: KUNIYOSHI 1): GOROZAEMON. SHIRA-KE ITAME.
        MIDARE-SUGUHA of ASHI in NIE. Definer: O-EI.

YUKIKUNI SHO-HEI: HIGO ENJU. Evenly set SHIRA-KERU KO-ITAME. 
        KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA of slight NOTARE. BOSHI: SUGU KO-MARU.

KUNIMITSU OEI: KUNIMURA School.
     KIKUCHI JU KUNIMITSU