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TADAMITSU Group Starts in BUN-MEI 1469 and fills every mark through EI-SHO 1504. -TACHI and KATANA: 2 SHAKU, 1 to 2 SUN. After TEN-MON 1532, KISSAKI becomes elongated. O-KISSAKI may be found, some with noticeably shallow FUKURA. -TANTO: Small bodied. Also RYOBA-TSUKURI. Later - wide bodied, many with small double-grooves. -MOKUME, reminiscent of O-EI BIZEN, has JI-NIE and UTSURI. -Many with CHU-SUGUHA. Patterns show HOTSURE, KO-ASHI and YO. -FUKASHI BOSHI with KO-MARU. Look for long signatures in later Sengoku blades. _________________ SHURInoSUKE - KUROZAEMONnoJO OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE KEM-MU 1334 Group |__________________________ __________|___ ____|___ KOZORI IYEMORI(3) SHI-TOKU 1384 IYESHIGE KO-RYAKU 1379 ______________|_____ JIROZAEMON TADAMITSU(5) EI-KYO 1429 * See KOZORI School * _______________|_____ SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469 |_____________________________________ _______________|_____ _______________|________ SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(2) BUN-GI 1501 KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU(1) _________________________________| MEI-O 1492 ___________________|____ -brothers- _______________|________ JUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU(2) TEN-MON 1532 TEN-MON 1532 TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI (f: JIROSAEMON TADAMITSU): SHURInoSUKE. KO-MOKUME with thin veil of JI-NIE. NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA with KO-ASHI and YO. FUKASHI BOSHI. BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU TADAMITSU(2) BUN-GI: Son-in-law of ARIMITSU. SHURInoSUKE. In the style of his father, KO-MOKUME with JI-NIE. NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI BA. TADAMITSU(1) MEI-O (f: SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU): From EN-TOKU 1489 to MEI-O 1492 period. KO-MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. BISHU OSAFUNE KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU TADAMITSU(2) TEN-MON (f: KUROZAEMON 1): GUNOME HA with ASHI-IRI. BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU SAKU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU SAKU TADAMITSU TEN-MON (br: KUROZAEMON 2): JUROZAEMON. Made swords in BITCHU: BITCHU MANJUSHO TOBA. 1554. |
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Iioka Hikobei Tadamitsu Katateuchi "One-handed Fighting Sword"  Hikobei Tadamitsu Katateuchi Nagasa: 63.9cm Sori: 1.7cm His peers are the Munemitsu Katsumitsu group and holding their place in the larger neighborhood of the Bungi time-frame. Ise Muramasa, Heianjo Nagayoshi and the Shimada group of Yoshisuke, team together in the north, the later Soshu and Taira Nagamori leads Bungo to the south. Their Bizen contributions stand strong in their times. Kani-Tsume Choji on Bizen steel and beautiful, exceptionally robust Horimono. See Munemitsu/Katsumitsu. Shinogi-tsukuri, Ihori-mune Ryo-Hi rises from Kurikara Dragon and Ken Koshi Horimono. Well-knit Mokume Hada. Large standing Choji juts up from a strong Chu-width Gunome-Midare Ba. Sunagashi brushes spires where Ashi and Yo exemplify. Ubu, two Mekugi - one filled. Bizen-no-Kuni Ju Osafune Tadamitsu Oite Sakushu Insho Tame TanJi Norihisa Saku Kore Eisho Gennen Hachi Gatsu KitsuJitsu - 1504 |
_____________________ HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469 |___________________________________ _________________|___ ______________|___ HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU(2) EI-SHO 1504 HEIUEMON TADAMITSU _________________|___ EI-SHO 1504 HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU(3) TEN-MON 1532 ____________________ HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469 ________________|___ HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU(2) EI-SHO 1504 ________________|___ HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU(3) TEN-MON 1532 TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI: HIKOBEI. From BUN-MEI 1469 to EN-TOKU 1489. MOKUME has a thin veil of JI-NIE across the entire JI. MIDARE patterns of GUNOME-CHOJI with ASHI-IRI and YO. Clear JI-BA. BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU BIZEN OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE HIKOBEI TADAMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU TADAMITSU(2) EI-SHO: HIKOBEI. From MEI-O 1492 to EI-SHO 1504. Worked in IIOKA, MIMASAKA as well. With the 2nd, expect tightly defined NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI with KO-ASHI and YO where HOTSURE pulls from the HABUCHI. Figures may appear packed. CHU or HIRO width MIDARE-KOMI BOSHI with YO finds KO-MARU and deep KAERI. HIKOBEI TADAMITSU(3) TEN-MON 1532 follows. BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU TADAMITSU EI-SHO (f: HIKOBEI TADAMITSU): Worked at SAKUSHU IN- SHO. GUNOME-MIDARE HA with HOTSURE from the line. HORIMONO are seen. BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU BIZEN JU OSAFUNE HEIUEMONnoJO FUJIWARA TADAMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE HEIUEMONnoJO FUJIWARA TADAMITSU DO MATASHIRO SAKU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU-SHI HEIUEMONnoJO SAKU KORE HORIMONO OTO MATASHIRO SAKU TADAMITSU BUN-MEI: NAKAGAWA HIKOSABURO. HIKOBEI, parallel name. MOKUME with JI-NIE. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA with YO. 2nd HIKOSABURO in EI-SHO 1504 and 3rd in TEN-MON 1532. BISHU OSAFUNE HIKOBEInoJO DO HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU NAKAGAWA HIKOSABURO SAKU |
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