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The Eight
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SANINDO - The Eight Roads of KOTO |
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INABA KOKAJI School
INABA KOKAJI: AWATAGUCHI style roots
Note: KOKAJI fades O-EI: KAGENAGA brings BIZEN style
following O-EI KO-ITAME HADA with MASAME.
HOSO-SUGU GUNOME-MIDARE KUICHIGAI BA.
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AWATAGUCHI YOSHIMASA KEN-CHO 1249
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KAGENAGA(1) KA-GEN 1303 KAMIMOTO BUN-EI 1264
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KAGENAGA(2) YUKIKAGE(1) KANENAGA KAMIMOTO
| KEM-MU 1334 - RYAKU-O 1338 -
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KAGENAGA(3) O-AN 1368 YUKIKAGE(2) TEI-JI 1362 |
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KAGENAGA(4) ___|____ __|_____ ___|____ |
| O-EI 1394 NORIKIYO YUKITADA YUKIKAGE(3) KA-KEI 1387 |
| - O-EI 1394 - To BIZEN YASUMITSU |
| _________________|
| ________ ___|____
| NAGAKAGE O-AN 1368 KIYONAGA O-AN 1368
| ________ ________ ___|____
| KAGENAKA MUNENAGA KIYONAGA O-EI 1394
| - O-EI 1394 - ___|____
|_________________________ KIYONAGA KA-KICHI 1441
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KAGENAGA(5) EI-KYO 1429 | KIYONAGA CHO-ROKU 1457
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KAGENAGA(6) CHO-ROKU 1457 YUKIKAGE(4) YUKINAGA YUKIKAGE
___|____ - CHO-ROKU 1457 -
KAGENAGA(7) MEI-O 1492 _______
___|____ KAGEIYE BUN-GI 1501
KAGENAGA(8) TAI-EI 1521
Earlier KAGENAGA: Gently moving HOSO-SUGU with ASHI in tight NIOI
Later: HOSO width SUGU KO-GUNOME KUICHIGAI BA. NIOI is deeper
INABA KOKAJI Founder
KAGENAGA(1) KA-GEN (t: YOSHIMASA, YOSHIMITSU School): AWATAGUCHI.
TOZAEMON. Born: BUN-O 1260, died: EN-KEI 2,1309. Old
reference states he moved from the AWATAGUCHI in
YAMASHIRO to begin the KOKAJI in SHO-O 1288. Newer work
propounds the INSHU KOKAJI to SHI-TOKU 1384, which is
time of the 3rd. Do not expect long swords of the first
KOKAJI smith. Narrow and thick TAKENOKO TANTO. ITAME with
MASAME has JI-NIE, in the moist AWATAGUCHI style. SUGU
KO-MIDARE BA with ASHI.
MEI: KAGENAGA
INSHU JU KAGENAGA
INABA KOKAJI School
KAGENAGA(2) KEM-MU: 1st MEI: KIYONAGA. KOYAMA HOSUTO YASHIKI JU.
Early NAMBOKUCHO, narrow SHINOGI-TSUKURI TACHI with
KO-KISSAKI. TAKENOKO or few SHOBU TANTO. KO-MOKUME with
JI-NIE. HOSO-SUGUHA in KO-NIE and tightly defined NIOI.
KO-MARU BOSHI w/ slight KAERI. Signed INSHU JU (small)
and KAGENAGA (large) - in thin, boxy characters.
MEI: KAGENAGA
INSHU JU KAGENAGA
KAGENAGA(3) O-AN: First signed YUKINAGA. The INSHU pursuer of
BIZEN style who also signed KANEMITSU, leading to a
supposition of study and style. His work is of the
NAMBOKUCHO: wide, with elongated KISSAKI. ITAME of
MASAME. JI-NIE and CHIKEI. SUGUHA with KO-ASHI or shallow
undulation of SUGUHA/KO-GUNOME mix in NIE. SUNAGASHI and
KINSUJI. See KAGENAGA(4)
MEI: INSHU JU KAGENAGA
KAGENAGA(4) O-EI: BIZEN style, closely resembling KAGENAGA(3). So
much so that O-EI KAGENAGA work is proposed possibly the
aged hands of (3). Style and signature would seem to
refute it, however. SHIRA-KE MIDARE-UTSURI is the INSHU
O-EI mark. O-EI KAGENAGA embraces BIZEN, letting the
KOKAJI fall into the past. Note: O-EI BIZEN work shows
BO-UTSURI. O-EI style, short and shallow KOSHIZORI KATANA
and short SHOBU-TSUKURI WAKIZASHI. Sometimes BO-HI or
FUTASUJI. KO-MOKUME with MASAME preserves his forebears'
style. HOSO-SUGU or CHU-SUGU ASAKI-NOTARE of GUNOME
O-MIDARE in NIE. A smooth ripple of KO-GUNOME KO-CHOJI
finds SUNAGASHI cutting KUICHIGAI to the HABUCHI. BOSHI
is SUGUHA with NIE-HAKIKAKE for a medium-short KAERI.
Also KO-MARU and low KO-MARU. KAGENAGA MEI are all thin
stroked and boxy in appearance. O-EI KAGENAGA took care
to contain his characters in a fairly defined column of
approximately the same width.
MEI: INSHU KAGENAGA
INSHU JU KAGENAGA
KAGENAGA(5)EI-KYO: The O-EI shows its influence. HOSO-SUGUHA,
GUNOME-MIDARE and GUNOME-CHOJI patterns.
MEI: KAGENAGA SAKU
INSHU JU KAGENAGA
KIYONAGA O-AN (f: KAGENAGA): From KEM-MU 1334 to O-AN 1368. Said
to be a KIYONAGA from the NAMBOKUCHO through the early
MUROMACHI, but long careers mislead casual histories.
Look at SUGATA, then HADA and HAMON to place.
MEI: INSHU JU KIYONAGA
YUKIKAGE(1) RYAKU-O: AWATAGUCHI descendent. Work from GEN-O 1319.
MEI: INABA-no-KUNI JU YUKIKAGE
INABA KOKAJI School
YUKIKAGE KA-KEI (f: YUKIKAGE): YUKI form: KO "Good fortune."
Another YUKIKAGE IN CHO-ROKU 1457, which is a main INSHU
theater. KA-KEI BIZEN HYOEnoJO YUKIKAGE of late
NAMBOKUCHO/O-EI (YUKI: KO "Fortune") was apparently this
INSHU smith who traveled to BIZEN. It was either he, his
son or possibly another who studied with O-EI YASUMITSU,
as the student is EI-KYO BIZEN YUKIKAGE (KO: "fortune")
having INSHU YUKIKAGE (YUKI form: KO, "Crossroads") as
father. Many dates seem pulled by competing theory.
See O-EI BIZEN, YASUMITSU
MEI: INSHU JU YOSHIKAGE
YUKIKAGE(2) TEI-JI (f: KAGENAGA): YUKI: "Crossroads." KO-MOKUME.
KO-MIDARE BA.
MEI: INSHU JU YUKIKAGE
YUKIKAGE(3) EI-KYO: Style transfers solidly from YAMASHIRO roots
to KAGENAGA camp. BIZEN YUKIKAGE (YUKI: KO "Fortune") of
EI-KYO 1429, student of O-EI YASUMITSU is said the son of
INSHU YUKIKAGE, see YUKIKAGE KA-KEI above.
MEI: INSHU JU YUKIKAGE
YUKIKAGE(4) CHO-ROKU (f: KAGENAGA): YUKI form: KO "Crossroads."
His father is also stated as being KIYONAGA with the
grandfather, KAGENAGA. CHO-ROKU is the flowering of the
later INABA (post O-EI revolution), and YUKIKAGE is the
strongest INSHU, CHO-ROKU smith. ITAME of MASAME. SUGUHA
and GUNOME patterns are "swept." GUNOME-CHOJI
KO-MIDARE BA. HAMON is KO-NIE on tightly held NIOI.
MEI: INSHU JU YUKIKAGE
INSHU JU TAROZAEMONnoJO YUKIKAGE
TAMONTEN TAROZAEMONnoJO YUKIKAGE
INSHU HATTO-GORI OITE YAMADA-MURA SAKU TAMONTEN
TAROZAEMONnoJO YUKIKAGE
KAGENAKA O-EI:O-EI stylist.ITAME MASAME. KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA and
HASU (oblique) MIDARE forms.
MEI: INSHU JU KAGENAKA
NORIKIYO O-EI: SHI-TOKU 1384 to O-EI 1394. ITAME with MASAME.
SUGU and KO-MIDARE HA.
MEI: INSHU JU NORIKIYO
YUKITADA O-EI: Worked to BUN-AN 1444. ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA,
SUGU KO-MIDARE HA.
MEI: INABA JU YUKITADA
MUNENAGA O-EI: ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA, KO-MIDARE and GUNOME.
MEI: INSHU JU MUNENAGA
INSHU JU MUNENAGA SAKU
KAGEIYE BUN-GI: Called KOKAJI, but SENGOKU smith.
MEI: INSHU KOHATA JU KAGEIYE
