HYUGA                    ______
                           GESSAI(1) from CHIKUGO JI-AN 1021   
                           ___|______________ 
                           GESSAI(2) SADAYUKI EI-SHO 1046

GESSAI: SADAYUKI from CHIKUGO. Many generations, check the sword
        from time.
     GESSAI SADAYUKI
     NISHU JU MINAMOTO SADAYUKI


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AWATAGUCHI TOJIRO HISAKUNI KEN-KYU 1190
                  ___|____ 
                  HISAKUNI KO-CHO 1261
                    _|_  
                 ____|____(last of line) 
                 HISAYOSHI O-EI 1394   
Early works in YAMASHIRO style. 

               _________  
               HISATSUNA           
               ___|____ (YASUNAWA)         
               KUNIMASU YASUTSUNA O-EI 1394

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MITSUSHIGE O-EI 1394
     NISHU FUKUSHIMA JU MITSUSHIGE]
     NISHU FUKUSHIMA JUNIN MITSUSHIGE SAKU
    _________                   ___________________ _________ 
    SANEYOSHI KA-KICHI 1441     AWATAGUCHI HISAKUNI HISATSUGU 
    _________                         - BUN-MEI 1469 -
    HISAYOSHI CHO-ROKU 1457                   

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FURUYA JU                       
   |_______________________     
___|____   -brothers-   ___|____
SANEMASA  TEN-MON 1532  SANEMOTO     SANEMASA: SAKA CHOJI-MIDARE.
   |__________ __________ _________    
___|____  ____|____   ___|____  ___|____ 
SANETADA  SANEKATSU   SANEMASA  SANENAGA EI-ROKU 1558  
___|____  EI-ROKU 1558   |_____________________ 
KUNIMASA              ___|____              ___|____
   | TEN-SHO 1573     SANEHISA TEN-MON 1532 SANETADA TEN-SHO 1573
___|_____________________________
HORIKAWA SHINANO-no-KAMI KUNIHIRO  
 TEN-SHO to KEI-CHO 1573 to 1596 
 - Founder of SHINTO HORIKAWA -

KUNIMASA TEN-SHO (f: SANETADA): RYOHAKU. TANAKA family. His son
        was the famous HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO. Normal-width TANTO. 
        SUGU GUNOME HA in KO-NIE. BONJI or simple motif HORIMONO.
        KUNIMASA resembles the earlier work of his son.


HORIKAWA Founder  * The capitol awaited our traveler *
KUNIHIRO TEN-SHO to KEI-CHO (f: KUNIMASA): TANAKAKINTARO. 
      Accepted SHINANO-no-KAMI in 1590. Retainer of the ITO Family 
      who fell into decline after TEN-SHO 4. This began a forced 
      relocation, first to the ASAHIKAGA Castle of NAGAO AKINAGA. 
      See SHIMOTSUKE. and then on the UMETADA School in KYOTO to 
      found the SHINTO. See KYOTO SHINTO.
      Running ITAME with JI-NIE. MASAME in the SHINOGI-JI. 
      His early work, dubbed the "TEN-SHO Period," said to 
      resemble that of his father. 

      -Early: SUGU GUNOME, GUNOME-MIDARE in tightly held NIOI.
      -Later: SUGU NOTARE-MIDARE  GUNOME-MIDARE, KO-MIDARE,
              O-MIDARE, and NOTARE in NIE and NIOI-FUKASHI with
              KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI. BOSHI: MIDARE NIE-KUZURE 
              - with TOGARI. KUNIHIRO died an old man in the 
              spring of 1614. See SHINTO - YAMASHIRO

                       Appraisal note - Early: Tight NIOI
                                         Late: NIOI is FUKAi
See SHIMOTSUKE for examples

Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro 
Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro 

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KANETSUGU TEI-JI 1362
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KANETSUGU TEN-MON 1532

     NISHU USHIJIMA JU KANETSUGU
     NISHU USHIJIMA JU SHIKIBUnoJO KANETSUGU


EI-SHO 1504__ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ____
___|____ ____|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|___ |
SANEMARU SANESHIGE SANENARI SADANARI KUNINOBU MASAYASU MASAARI |
                                                     ________ _|
TEN-MON 1532__ ________ ________ _________      ____|____ ___|___
____|____ ____|____ ___|___ ____|____ ____|____ MASAKATSU MORINAO
YOSHIHISA SANEMITSU IYEYUKI YOSHIMUNE SHIGEATSU 


________ ________ _______
SANENAGA SHIGEAKI OKITADA
   - EI-ROKU 1558 -

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MICHINORI KUNITOKI SANEYO SANEHIDE TEN-SHO 1573