NORI form: SOKU Rule-setting. Line falls from NAGAMITSU School 
                                        See KAN-SHO NORIMITSU

 NORIMITSU BUN-MEI: JIROSAEMONJO. KO-GUNOME, GUNOME-CHOJI BA.

NORIMITSU BUN-MEI: HIKOBEInoJO. 3rd SAEMONnoJO. MOKUME HADA. 
      GUNOME HA.

NORIMITSU TEN-MON: HIKOBEInoJO. 4th SAEMONnoJO. MOKUME HADA.
      GUNOME-CHOJI BA.

NORIMITSU CHO-KYO: RIBEInoJO. SUE-BIZEN GUNOME-CHOJI BA.


NORIMITSU MEI-O: SABUROZAEMON. MOKUME HADA. SUGUHA and 
      GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
   BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU

NORIMITSU TEN-MON: TAROZAEMONnoJO. SUGUHA and GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
   BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
   BISHU OSAFUNE TAROZAEMONnoJO NORIMITSU




TOSHIMITSU(6) EI-SHO: Line descends from NAGAMITSU School. 3rd
        TOSHIMITSU, father of SUE-BIZEN ROKUROZAEMON SUKEMITSU, 
        is in OEI BIZEN. KO-NIE and NIOI-DEKI GUNOME-CHOJI 
        MIDARE BA. HORIMONO: BONJI, KEN and GOMABASHI. 7th: 
        TEN-MON 1532 to TEN-SHO 1573.
     BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU

KANEIYE EI-SHO: SUGUHA and GUNOME-CHOJI BA.


SUKESADA TEN-MON 6: HIKOZAEMONnoJO same as YOSAZAEMONnoJO.

MITSUTADA TEN-MON: Thick, SUE-BIZEN UCHI-GATANA with BO-HI. A
        raised SHINOGI may remind one of BITCHU AOE. Will be a
        weak copy of predecessor's MOKUME. Look for Ring-shaped
        HADA near the MUNE. MIDARE-UTSURI. CHU or HIRO-SUGU 
        KO-MIDARE HA in tightly defined KO-NIE. HOTSURE rises 
        from a line that shows KO-ASHI and YO. BOSHI will be a 
        low MARU that may seem swept. Short KAERI. MITSUTADA in
        BUN-MEI and in SHINTO.


YOSHIKAGE TEN-MON (f: CHIKATADA): MOKUME. SUGUHA, KO-MIDARE BA
        and GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
     BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU YOSHIKAGE

YOSHIKAGE TEN-SHO: Original name from SHOCHU ICHIMONJI. 
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU YOSHIKAGE

NORISUKE BUN-MEI: NORIMITSU School.
     BISHU OSAFUNE NORISUKE

HO NORIMITSU(4) BUN-MEI: NORI form: HO "Law" UEMONnoJO. Another, and
           possibly same: JIROUEMON. Last NORIMITSU KOZORI smith. 
           NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI BA. See KOZORI.
     OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
     BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE JIROUEMON FUJIWARA NORIMITSU

HO NORIMITSU(5) EI-SHO: NORI form: HO "Law." SHIROZAEMONnoJO and 
        SAEMONnoJO. This line falls from KOZORI School. ITAME. 
        Said similar to YOSAZAEMONnoJO SUKESADA KOSHI-HIRAKI 
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA with ASHI and YO. NOKO-MIDARE BA. Signed
        with fairly broad-set characters.
     BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
     BISHU OSAFUNE SHINZAEMONnoJO NORIMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU SAKU

NORIMITSU(6) TEN-MON: From TEN-MON 1532 to TEN-SHO 1573. 

             _________
             YUKIMITSU O-EI 1394 OEI-Style 
                  CHOJI-MIDARE and KO-MIDARE BA. RYO WAZAMONO.
             _________
             YUKIMITSU KA-KICHI 1441 to CHO-ROKU 1457 (t: YUKIMASA)
    __________________
    YAZAEMON YUKIMITSU MEI-O 1492
______________________
SABUROZAEMON YUKIMITSU EI-SHO 1504 to TEN-MON 1532
  _______________|____
  MAGOSABURO YUKIMITSU EI-ROKU 1558 
                          Made swords with MAGOUEMON-no-JO KIYOMITSU
  ____________________
  YASAZAEMON YUKIMITSU GEN-KI 1570
   ___________________
   KAISABURO YUKIMITSU EI-ROKU 1558
    __________________
    SOZAEMON YUKIMITSU TEN-SHO 1573
       _______________
       SABEI YUKIMITSU TEN-SHO 1573
  ____________________
  YOSAZAEMON YUKIMITSU TEN-SHO 1573
    __________________
    YAZAEMON YUKIMITSU TEN-SHO 1573

YUKIMITSU TEN-MON: YASAZAEMON. To GEN-KI 1570. SUGU-KUZURE BA.
     BISHU OSAFUNE JU YASAZAEMONnoJO YUKIMITSU

YUKIMITSU EI-ROKU (f: SABUROZAEMON): MAGOSABURO. KO-ITAME has JI-NIE. 
      SUGUHA with KO-ASHI and GUNOME-MIDARE in defined NIOI in 
      KIYOMITSU KUZURE BA style. Made sword with MAGOUEMON KIYOMITSU.
   BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE YUKIMITSU
   BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE MAGOSABURO YUKIMITSU

YUKIMITSU TEN-SHO: YAZAEMON. HIRO-width NIE KO-MIDARE BA with 
      KO-ASHI and YO. BOSHI may be ICHI-MAE with medium fall.
   BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE YUKIMITSU YAZAEMONnoJO SAKU