KAI MIHARA School

KAI MIHARA School MASAMUNE(1) EN-BUN 1356 MASATOSHI MASAKANE ________ - O-EI 1394 - MASAMUNE(2) (MASASADA) EI-TOKU 1381 _____________________________ MASAKIYO(1) KAI Founder KO-SHO 1455 ___|____ ________ _________ MASAKIYO(2) MASAMUNE YOSHISADA | - BUN-MEI 1469 - |_________________________ ___|____ ___|____ MASAKIYO(3)TEN-MON 1532 SANEYUKI EI-SHO 1504 ___|____ ________ MASAKIYO(4) TEN-SHO 1573 MASAMUNE TEN-MON 1532 _________ ___|____ MASACHIKA BUN-MEI 1469 MASAMUNE EI-ROKU 1558 ____|____ ___|____ MASACHIKA TEN-MON 1532 MASAMUNE TEN-SHO 1573 ____|____ ________ MASACHIKA EI-ROKU 1555 MASAMUNE EI-ROKU 1558 ________ "MAGOUEMON" MASANAGA TAI-EI 1521 _________ ________ MOTOCHIKA TEN-MON 1532 MASAMOTO TAI-EI 1521 ________ MASANORI KO-JI 1555 ___________________ MASAYOSHI GOAMI KO-SHO 1455 ____|____ MASAYOSHI BUN-GI 1501 ____|____ MASAYOSHI TEN-MON 1532 ____|____ MASAYOSHI EI-ROKU 1558 ____|____ MASAYOSHI TEN-SHO 1573 ____________ KAI MASAZANE BUN-GI 1501 _________ MASAMITSU EI-SHO 1504 _______ MASAOKU(1)EI-SHO 1504 ___|___ MASAOKU(2) EI-ROKU 1558 ONOMICHI JU ___|___ MASAOKU(3) TEN-SHO 1573 MASAMUNE(1) EN-BUN: KO-MIHARA, KAI founder. Running ITAME that stands. SUGUHA with ASHI and YO. SUNAGASHI. MASAMUNE(2) EI-TOKU (f: MASAHIRO): KINASHI MASASADA. SUGU-MIDARE with ASHI and YO. MASAMUNE BUN-MEI: SUGU HOTSURE BA with deep KAERI. KO-MIDARE and GUNOME HA. MASATOSHI O-EI: SUGUHA. GUNOME-MIDARE.

Kai Masazane - Bungi San-nen Ni Gatsu-Hi

Kai Masazane
Nagasa: 45.1cm
Sori: 1cm

Shinogi-tsukuri, Ihori-mune WAKIZASHI.

There is tapering from an elongated CHU-KISSAKI.
Wide with gently raised SHINOGI-JI. Slightly HA-NIKU.

Running, white-lined KO-ITAME HADA with MASA in the SHINOGI-JI is tight, well-knit.
Calm HOSO-SUGUHA claims a perfect example of MASAZANE's KAI MIHARA school.
From KINASHI, he stands alone and enjoys a singular fame with KAI families:
MASAYOSHI, MASAOKU, MASAKIYO, MASAMUNE, MASACHIKA
among others. His family retains at KINASHI.
UBU, signed and dated, this is a rare example of the BUN-GI Kai Mihara history.

One MEKUGI-ANA ZAI-MEI

BINGO-no-KUNI MIHARA JU KAI MASAZANE

URA: BUN-GI SAN-NEN NI-GATSU HI

KAI MIHARA School

YOSHISADA BUN-MEI: SUGU KO-MIDARE and GUNOME HA.

MASAZANE BUN-GI:  From KINASHI. Descendants return to KINASHI to
        work through TEN-MON and TEN-SHO. HIRO-SUGUHA.

MASAOKU(1) EI-SHO: KAI-MIHARA. SUGU HOTSURE.

MASAOKU(2) EI-ROKU: KAI-MIHARA. ONOMICHI. SUGU and GUNOME-MIDARE
        with ASHI having NIE-KUZURE.

MASAOKU(3) TEN-SHO: TAROZAEMON. KAI-MIHARA. SUGU KO-MIDARE.

MASANAGA TAI-EI: SUGU KO-MIDARE HOTSURE BA. Also TEN-SHO MASANAGA.

MASANORI KO-JI: SUGU KO-MIDARE KO-GUNOME.

MASACHIKA BUN-MEI: From KINASHI. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE HA.

MASACHIKA TEN-MON: KURODA SUKEROKU. SUGU KO-MIDARE GUNOME-MIDARE.