SAKAKURA SEKI

Many smiths heading back and forth from AKASAKA to the small river side hamlet of SAKAKURA. 

Smiths in GAMO-KORI, SAKAHOGI-MURA, SAKAKURA are MASAYOSHI, MASATOSHI (TOSHI: RI), MASATOSHI 
(TOSHI: GO) and MASAYOSHI (ZEN). All SAKAKURA KAJI. Note that different characters have been applied and 
used inter-changeably for "SAKA" and "KURA". 
Smiths of SAKAKURA Town were a family and some are seen to have worked in SHIMA and in KOYAMA. 
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SHIMA NAGAZANE
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MASAYOSHI(1) KA-KICHI SAKAKURA

MASAYOSHI(2) BUN-MEI 1469
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MASAYOSHI(3)    MASATOSHI(1) EI-SHO 1504 
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                MASATOSHI(2) TEN-MON 1532 -same man- MASATOSHI TEN-MON 1532
                _____|___                             MASA form: "GO"
                MASATOSHI(3) EI-ROKU 1558 
                 Leaves for AKASAKA, EI-ROKU ROKU-NEN

MASAYOSHI KA-KICHI (f: SHIMA NAGAZANE): From AKASAKA Group. MOKUME runs with MASAME. 
        SUGUHA and GUNOME-TOGARI BA. 
     SAKAKURA MASAYOSHI SAKU

MASAYOSHI(2) BUN-MEI: AKASAKA Group.
     

MASAYOSHI BUN-MEI: MASA form: SEI "Administration". Noted as father of MASATOSHI
        (MASA/SHO-TOSHI/RI). SAKAKURA-SEKI

MASAYOSHI(3) TEN-MON: SAKAKURA JU. Respected and emulated, to some degree, the works of 
         the MURAMASA School. Work from TEN-MON 1532 to EI-ROKU 1558 time period. 
         ITAME runs with MASAME HADA and shows SHIRAKI. 
         NIOI-DEKI SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE BA, GUNOME with TOGARI. 
     MASAYOSHI
     SAKAKURA MASAYOSHI SAKU
     NOSHU AKASAKA JU MASAYOSHI

MASATOSHI(1) "RI" EI-SHO (f: MASAYOSHI): SAKAKURA. 


SOSHU MIDARE.

            MASATSUGU EI-SHO 1504

MASATSUGU KYO-ROKU 1528

MASATSUGU TEN-MON 1532

MASATOSHI(3) EI-ROKU: MASA: SHO, TOSHI: RI. SAKAKURA and OWARI YAMADA-SEKI. From Gifu.
        Leaves for work in AKASAKA, 1563. Can be long and elegant as compared with 
        SENGOKU SUGATA. ITAME with MASAME has JINIE and SHIRAKE.
        GUNOME-MIDARE, TOGARI BA and SANBONSUGI.
     MASATOSHI
     NOSHU AKASAKA JU MASATOSHI

            MASATOSHI(2) TEN-MON 1532 (f: RI MASATOSHI): TOSHI form: "GO". SAKAKURA JU 
        This is the same man as MASATOSHI (TOSHI form: RI)- second generation.
        Generally in the style of RI MASATOSHI, ITAME running with MASAME and of 
        SHIRAKI. 
        NIOI-DEKI SUGUHA, GUNOME-MIDARE BA and GUNOME with TOGARI. Also, rounded
        KANEFUSA GUNOME style with FUSHI knots. Small TOBI-YAKI are likely and with 
        SUNAGASHI. Because of the general travels of smiths and of his resemblance 
        to SENGO work, and because his very cursive MEI seems similar those of SENGO, 
        one theory has him the son of ISE MASAZANE and that he was a MURAMASA School 
        man. He is noted to have headed to SHINANO in KO-JI 1555. RYO-WAZAMONO cutter.
     MASATOSHI (RI)
     MASATOSHI SAKU (RI)
     NOSHU JU MASATOSHI (GO)