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BITCHU The KO-AOE group played a hand, along with BIZEN and the AWATAGUCHI, helping Emperor GOTOBA with the GOBAN KAJI. The three famous early BITCHU smiths who took part in the ICHIMONJI Group were MORITSUGUs' sons, TSUNETSUGU, TSUGUIYE, and SADATSUGU. //////// ARTWORK - MAP //////////////// - Raised SHINOGI - NIKU - Fine Grain - CHIJI-MEN - SUMI-HADA - TOBI-like Dappling - SAKA "leaning" - NIOI inner-pattern BITCHU KO-AOE School Technical: SUGATA - KOSHIZORI with FUNBARI, both subtle. Much NIKU in the JI. High SHINOGI. Wide and "SHO-GEN moderately high MUNE. Blades can be deeply GOBAN" curved and the appearance will be strong. TSUNETSUGU | HADA - KO-ITAME. KO-MOKU. CHIJI-MEN "Bunched-thread" TSUGUIYE | NASHIJI-SHO HADA. There will be JI-NIE and SADATSUGU | TOBI-like UTSURI "dappled" with the variance of grain. SUMI-HADA (spots of grain-carbon). HAMON - NIOI may form an inner pattern within the YAKIBA. Certain artists exemplified this effect and its style can be traced through lineage. CHU-SUGU KO-MIDARE, KO-CHOJI MIDARE with ASHI and YO. Known for SAKA (leaning). INAZUMA and KINSUJI play in KO-NIE on NIOI. BOSHI - SUGU or MIDARE. KO-MARU, O-MARU. Short KAERI. NAKAGO - Long and tapered. Famous for URA-MEI, signed on the reverse. YASUTSUGU, working in the YAMASHIRO tradition, had the group underway by HO-AN 1120. BIZEN influence arrives with NORITAKA School, SHO-AN 1171. The leading YAMASHIRO stylists join the ICHIMONJI following SHO-GEN 1207, and the particular "AOE Style" evolves in NIN-JI 1240. AOE Style is considered strong to O-EI 1394. Note: BITCHU famous for SAKA (leaning) figures and an inner-pattern of defined NIOI. KO-AOE: TACHI with thin, complex YAKIBA. CHU-AOE: Stronger SUGATA, wider YAKIBA - less complexity. BITCHU - Preliminary KO-AOE: NORITAKA School - BIZEN Roots _______ YASUIYE SHO-HO 1074 ___|___ (f: possibly KO-BIZEN YASUTSUGU ______ ARIYUKI from EI-EN NOBUFUSA) TAMETO HO-GEN 1156 TEN-EI 1110 ______________ BIZEN TAMEYASU KEN-NIN 1201 ________ __________________ NORITAKA BUN-JI 1185 -brothers- TACHIBANA NORIZANE SHO-GEN 1207 |________________ __________________________ _________ _______ __|____ ___|____ ____|____ ___|____ | TSUNETO TAMENOBU KEN-NIN 1201 TAMETSUNE TOKIZANE | | SHO-JI 1199 |_____________________ - KEN-NIN 1201 - | | ___|_____ ___|____ | | CHIKAYORI TEI-O 1222 TAMEYORI JO-EI 1232 | | ___|______ | | CHIKATOSHI BUN-EI 1264 | | _________________________ _____________ _________ _____| | ___|__ ___|____ ___|____ ___|__ | | MUNETO(1) SHO-GEN 1207 SUKEZANE SANEMORI MORITO | | ___|__ KEN-EI 1206 - SHO-GEN 1207 - | | MUNETO(2) KEN-CHO 1249 __________ ______________| | ___|_____ ___________________|____ ___|____ | SUKESHIGE OSUMI GONnoSUKE MORISADA NARITAKA TEI-O 1222 | KO-AN 1278 SHO-KYU 1219 ___|___ | NARIIYE AN-TEI 1227 |_______________ __________________________ ___________ __|______ ___|__ ____|____ ___|__ MASATSUNE(1) TOMOTO KEN-PO 1213 TSUNEYORI MUNETO | KEN-EI 1206 |____________________ KEN-PO 1213 BUN-EI 1264 | ___|____ ___|___ | NARITAKA HO-JI 1247 IYEYASU HO-JI 1247 | ___|___ ___|___ | IYETAKA KO-CHO 1261 YASUIYE SHO-WA 1312 |______________ ___________________________ __________________ __|______ ___|_____ ___|___ | MASATSUNE(2) MUNETSUNE KEN-PO 1213 ARIYUKI KEN-KYU 1190 | SHO-KYU 1219 |___________ ____________ | ___|_____ ___|____ __|______ | TSUNEKIYO SANESATO TSUNENAGA TEN-PUKU 1233 | HO-JI 1247 KEN-CHO 1249 __|_____ | SUYEKUNI KAN-GEN 1243 | __|_____ | SUYEZANE KO-CHO 1261 | __|_____ | SUKENARI KO-AN 1278 | ___________ _________ _________ ___________ ________ ______| ____|___ ___|____ ____|____ ____|____ ____|____ ___|_____ | TSUNEIYE SANEHIRA HIROTSUNE TSUNEMORI YASUTSUNE TSUNESUYE | KEN-RYAKU 1211 - TEI-O 1222 - - RYAKU-NIN 1238 - | __________ ______________ ___________________| ____|____ __|__ ____|____ ________ TSUNEKIYO IYETO MORITSUNE(1) KEN-CHO 1249 MORIYASU HO-JI 1247 BUN-EI 1264 ____|____ GEN-O 1319 MORITSUNE(2) KO-AN 1278 |
BITCHU Preliminary KO-AOE: NORITAKA School - BIZEN Roots NORITAKA BUN-JI (br: MASATSUNE and NORIZANE): KO-AOE Founder from BIZEN. SENOO KYOBUSUKE or KYOBUSHIRO. SENOO KAJI. Work from SHO-AN 1171 to KEN-NIN 1201. NORITAKA School kept to its BIZEN-style import. SUGU KO-MIDARE in deep NIOI. KO-GUNOME CHOJI-MIDARE in KO-NIE with SAKA-ASHI. MEI: NORITAKA NORIZANE SHO-GEN (br: NORITAKA): 24 GOBAN, 12th month. KO-KISSAKI TACHI with FUNBARI. KO-ITAME with CHIJI-MEN no HADA "Skein of Silk." JI-NIE. SUGU KO-MIDARE BA in KO-NIE. KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI. Secret MEI: TACHIBANA - carved. MEI: NORIZANE NARITAKA TEI-O: NARI form: YEH "Industry." Narrow TACHI. JI-NIE veils CHIJI-MEN in KO-MOKUME with SUMI-HADA throughout. KO-NIE SUGUHA with KO-ASHI. MEI: NARITAKA NARIIYE AN-TEI (f: NARITAKA): ITAME HADA. NIE SUGU KO-MIDARE BA with SAKA-ASHI. MEI: NARIIYE TOKIZANE KEN-NIN (t: NORITAKA): NIE SUGU SAKA-ASHI KO-MIDARE. MEI: TOKIZANE SANEMORI SHO-GEN (t: NORITAKA): MOKUME HADA. SUGU KO-MIDARE BA. MEI: SANEMORI MUNETO SHO-GEN (t: NORITAKA): MOKUME HADA. SUGU SAKA-ASHI, KO-MIDARE BA and CHOJI with ASHI. TSUNETO named his son after MUNETO - becoming BUN-EI MUNETO. MEI: MUNETO MORISADA SHO-KYU (t: NORITAKA): OSUMI GON-no-SUKE. SENOO JU. Made NIE-DEKI KO-MIDARE BA. MEI: MORISADA OSUMI GON-no-SUKE MORISADA BITCHU OSUMI GON-no-SUKE MORISADA TAMENOBU (t: NORITAKA): MOKUME HADA. SUGUHA with SAKA-ASHI and KO-MIDARE BA of NIE. MEI: TAMENOBU CHIKAYORI JO-EI (f: TAMENOBU): MOKUME. NIE SUGUHA with SAKA-ASHI. MEI: BITCHU-no-KUNI CHIKAYORI TSUNETO KEN-PO (f: NORITAKA): SENOO JU. KO-ITAME with a dappled veil of JI-NIE.SAKA-ASHI GUNOME-MIDARE, medium-width KO-MIDARE BA and KO-CHOJI KO-MIDARE with KO-NIE on the line. Slight NOTARE BOSHI with little or no KAERI. MEI is struck above the ANA in large characters. The TSUNE looks like a stone lantern. MEI: TSUNETO |
BITCHU Preliminary KO-AOE: NORITAKA School - BIZEN Roots IYEYASU HO-JI (f: TOMOTO): ITAME. SUGU reversed MIDARE - ASHI. MEI: IYEYASU YASUIYE SHO-WA (f: IYEYASU): KO-NIE KO-MIDARE CHOJI with ASHI. MEI: BITCHU-no-KUNI SENOO KYOBUJO YASUIYE NARITAKA KO-CHO (f: TOMOTO): Work from JO-EI 1232 to KO-CHO 1261. MOKUME HADA. KO-MIDARE BA of NIE. MEI: NARITAKA MASATSUNE(1) KEN-EI (br: NORITAKA, f: MASAKANE): TSUNETO School. From BIZEN to SENOO. Made TACHI and TANTO. KO-KISSAKI KOSHIZORI with strong FUNBARI. KO-ITAME of MOKUME with CHIJI-MEN. JI-NIE gently clothes the surface. There is CHIKEI. SUGU KO-CHOJI KO-MIDARE with ASHI and YO in KO-NIE. SAKA-ASHI SAKA-MIDARE BA. O-CHOJI KO-MIDARE. KINSUJI found. BOSHI:SUGU "swept" MIDARE, KO-MARU. Mid-KAMAKURA MASATSUNE line shows MORITSUGU influence. GEN-RYAKU, KEN-PO, O-CHO, KO-AN - all found MASATSUNE. MEI: MASATSUNE |
KOKUHO MASATSUNE
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NAGASA: 78.2cm SORI: 3.0cm
A dedication from the 8th TOKUGAWA SHOGUN, YOSHIMUNE while visiting the TSURUGA OKA HACHIMAN-GU Shrine.
SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE - KOSHIZORI, Late-HEIAN/Early KAMAKURA TACHI.
KO-ITAME, MOKUME HADA shows CHIKEI and veiled JI-NIE. CHIRI-MEN HADA.
HAMON is KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI in KO-NIE with KO-ASHI and YO.
BOSHI is a swept KOMARU.
UBU KIJI-MOMO NAKAGO has two MEKUGI-ANA and signed in the lower:
MASATSUNE
Masatsune
- Kokuho Masatsune - Kokuho Nagasa: 78.5cm Moto-Haba: 3cm Shinogi-Tsukuri< Ihori-Mune, deeply Koshizori Funbari Tachi. Ko-Itame Hada with Ji-Nie and sporadic dark Utsuri. Upper is Chu-Sugu Ko-Midare ba with Kinsuji, Inazuma and Nie Hotsure pulling Nijuba through the Habuchi. Lower is Hoso-width Asaki-Notare Ba. Sugu Ko-Maru Hakikake Boshi. Ubu, Ura-Mei with one Mekugi-ana. Masatsune |
Preliminary KO-AOE TSUNEIYE KEN-RYAKU (t: MASATSUNE): His TSUNE form: KO "Constant." ITAME HADA. KO-NIE SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. MEI: TSUNEIYE MUNETSUNE KEN-PO (f: MASATSUNE): ITAME HADA. SUGUHA, KO-MIDARE BA and CHOJI BA with SAKA-ASHI. MEI: MUNETSUNE HIROTSUNE TEI-O (t: MASATSUNE): From KEN-PO 1213 to TEI-O 1222. ITAME HADA. SUGUHA with KO-ASHI and CHOJI-MIDARE BA. MEI: HIROTSUNE YASUTSUNE RYAKU-NIN (f: MASATSUNE): From JO-EI 1232 to KEN-JI 1275. ITAME HADA. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. MEI: YASUTSUNE MORITSUNE KEN-CHO (t:MASATSUNE): MOKUME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA - ASHI. MEI: MORITSUNE IYETO BUN-EI (t: MASATSUNE): ITAME. SUGU SAKA-ASHI CHOJI-MIDARE. MEI: IYETO NARITAKA KO-AN: SENOO JU. KYOBUJO. MEI: NARITAKA NARITAKA KA-GEN: SENOO JU. MEI: NARITAKA MORIYASU GEN-O: SENOO smith. MOKUME HADA. SUGUHA with ASHI. MEI: BISHU SENOO JU MORIYASU |
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