BITCHU KO-AOE 
~First Fork~
TSUNETSUGU School 

MORITSUGU NIN-AN 1166 "Ten Sons" See MORITSUGU
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TSUNETSUGU(1) SHOGEN GOBAN KAJI   
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TSUNETSUGU(2)    YASUTSUGU             SANETSUGU
KEN-RYAKU 1211       | TEM-PUKU 1233    KEN-RYAKU 1211
    _________________|                     to TEI-O 1222
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TSUNETSUGU(3)     YASUTSUGU     
      - KEN-CHO 1249 -             

 TSUNETSUGU(1): "Ten Sons" SHO-GEN GOBAN - 5th month. Narrow, deep
        SORI KAMAKURA TACHI - KO-KISSAKI with strong FUNBARI.
        ITAME with JI-NIE. CHIJI-MEN "Bunched-thread" and SUMI
        HADA. KO-CHOJI KO-MIDARE or SAKA-ASHI CHOJI-MIDARE in
        KO-NIE. BOSHI: MIDARE YAKIZUME. BITCHU-no-KAMI title.
    MEI: TSUNETSUGU

TSUNETSUGU(2) KEN-RYAKU: ITAME. SUGU GUNOME HA with ASHI.
    MEI: TSUNETSUGU

YASUTSUGU TEM-PUKU (f: TSUNETSUGU): YASU form: KO "Peace." ITAME
  (YASU)  HADA shows strongly standing, dappled JI-NIE UTSURI.
        NIE KO-MIDARE BA has KINSUJI. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE with
        SAKA-ASHI has NIE.
    MEI: YASU
         BITCHU-no-KUNI YASUTSUGU

SANETSUGU KEN-RYAKU to TEI-O (f: TSUNETSUGU(1): This could be an
         apparition as the dates are the same for MORITSUGU son.
         See MORITSUGU School.

YASUTSUGU KEN-JI 1275 to SHO-O (f: SANETSUGU): Second Yasutsugu, 
          School man.

 TSUNETSUGU(3) KEN-CHO (f: YASUTSUGU): KO-ITAME with dappled 
        JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI SUGU KO-MIDARE and KO-CHOJI patterns
        with stronger NIE. BOSHI: with little turnback.
    MEI: TSUNETSUGU

JUZUMARU TSUNETSUGU

       NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 7.6 SUN             MOTO-HABA: 1.2 SUN
         SORI: 1 SUN                       SAKI-HABA: 6 BU
       NAKAGO: 7.9 SUN   

The revered NICHIREN, predictor of the future - Mongol Invasions,  wore his JUZU rosary string about this sword as a public and political  display ~ the Rosary and the Sword ~ SUGATA: Thick support to the broad KO-KISSAKI, and a graceful balance,          defeat the eye before its great length. Continuous and marked          FUNBARI appears subtle throughout the deep curve.          Strong MIDARE-UTSURI wafts through KO-ITAME. JI-NIE.          A long undulation of line varies the SUGU-like KO-CHOJI MIDARE,          which pushes and leans with deep-falling NIOI-ASHI. Pattern          becomes almost KUZURE in places. MURA KO-NIE. HOSO-SUGU BOSHI          now falling on the HA. KO-MARU KAERI. Long UBU NAKAGO with          two-character MEI:                                                    TSUNETSUGU  Nichiren