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SURUGA - SHIMADA School SENGOKU. Pronounced MOKUME. SUGU KO-MIDARE, CHOJI-GUNOME MIDARE with SUNAGASHI, NOTARE O-MIDARE. YO and MUNE-YAKI. HAKO-MIDARE and HITATSURA.KAI and SURUGA: SOSHU style. Legend bestowed IMAGAWA YOSHITADA's "YOSHI" to SHIMADA YOSHISUKE. However,YOSHITADA died in battle BUN-MEI 12(1480). Written histories from the EDO Period place YOSHISUKE(1) as being SOSHU TOMISHI, a MASAMUNE student. MASAMUNE being irresistible, the EDO chronology then becomes: _________________________ SAGAMI TOMISHI (YOSHISUKE(1) GEN-O 1319 __________|______________ SAGAMI TOMISHI (YOSHISUKE(2) EN-BUN 1356 __________|______ SHIMADA YOSHISUKE(3) O-EI 1394 __________|______ SHIMADA YOSHISUKE(4) EI-KYO 1429 - Legends. EDO writing made surreal poetry of all history. The presently understood facts have YOSHISUKE(1) in KO-SHO 1455. THEREFORE: ______________ BIZEN IYETOSHI SHO-O 1288 BIZEN tradition passes down ______________ to SUE-SOSHU era SURUGA. BIZEN IYETSUGU SHO-WA 1312 _|_ |_______________________ __|______ -brothers- ___|____ YOSHISUKE(1) SUKEMUNE BUN-AN 1444 | KO-SHO 1455 ___|____ | SUKEHIRO EN-TOKU 1489 |____________________________ __|______ ___|____ YOSHISUKE(2) MEI-O 1492 SADAHIRO(1) MEI-O 1492 | School continues To SAGAMI: EI-SHO 1504 | See following |___________________ _____________ ___________________________ __|______ ___|___ ___|____ | YOSHISUKE(3) DENSUKE TERUSUKE(1) EI-ROKU 1558 | | TEN-MON 1532 EI-ROKU 1558 |_____________ | __|_______ ___|____ ____|____ | YOSHISUKE(4) TERUSUKE(2) SUKEMITSU | TEN-SHO 1573 - TEN-SHO 1573 - | ____________________________ _____________ ________________| ____|_____ - brothers - ____|____ ___|____ YOSHITSUNA(1) TEN-MON 1532 YOSHIKUNI KUNISUKE(1) To MIKAWA ____|_____ TEN-MON 1532 TEN-MON 1532 YOSHITSUNA(2) TEN-SHO 1573 |
_________ YOSHISUKE(2) MEI-O 1492 See previous |________________________ _______________________ __________ ____|____ __|_____ ___|____ | TERUYOSHI(1) EI-ROKU 1558 HIROSUKE(1) MOTOSUKE | ____|____ | TEN-MON 1532 KO-JI 1555 | TERUYOSHI(2) TEN-SHO 1573 |____________ _____________ | __|_____ ___|____ ____|____ | HIROSUKE(2) KUNISUKE(2) HIROMITSU | - TEN-SHO 1573 - GEN-KI 1570 | __________________________ _________________________________| ___|____ ___|____ | SUKEMUNE(1) TEN-MON 1532 SADAHIRO(2) From SAGAMI TEN-MON 1532 | ___|____ ___|____ | SUKEMUNE(2) TEN-SHO 1573 YASUHIRO EI-ROKU 1558 | SHINANO JU - KUNIHIRO DEN | ___________________________ _______________________________| ____|____ ____|_____ YOSHIYUKI(1) TEN-MON 1532 YOSHISHIGE(1) TEN-MON 1532 ____|____ ____|_____ YOSHIYUKI(2) TEN-SHO 1573 YOSHISHIGE(2) TEN-SHO 1573 ________ ________ NOBUYUKI(1) EI-SHO 1504 SADASUKE(1) EI-SHO 1504 ___|____ ___|____ NOBUYUKI(2) TEN-MON 1532 SADASUKE(2) EI-ROKU 1558 ________ ________ TOMOYASU TAI-EI 1521 MOTONARI TEN-MON 1532 ___|____ ________ TOMOYASU EI-ROKU 1558 IYETSUGU From TOTOMI KEI-CHO 1596 (f: TORAAKI) YOSHISUKE(1)KO-SHO: NIE-DEKI GUNOME-MIDARE and HITATSURABA. SAGAMI TOMITSUGU KEM-MU, and his predecessor TOMISHI, are confused with this smith. Both are earlier. MEI: YOSHISUKE YOSHISUKE SAKU ~BUNGI Triad~ See MURAMASA & HEIANJO NAGAYOSHI YOSHISUKE(2) MEI-O: Made KATANA, WAKIZASHI, and TANTO. Wide body, elongated KISSAKI or normal-width with CHU-KISSAKI are seen. Slightly UCHI-ZORI, 6 or 7 SUN TANTO or curved 9 SUN. ITAME is standing MASAME. YAKIBA is NIOI and MURA-NIE SUGUHA, GUNOME, NOTARE-MIDARE or HITATSURA BA. |
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NAGASA: 27.1cm MU-SORI MOTO-HABA: 2.3cm NAKAGO: 11cm KATAKIRI BA (beveled OMOTE, HIRA URA), MITSU-MUNE, SUN-NOBI (elongated) TSUKURI UBU TANTO. Medium HI on both sides but having an unusual 4cm BO-HI that widens the URA groove in the lower. The HAMON is YAHAZU-MIDARE "Arrow Notch", KO-NOTARE BA in a deepening NIOI HABUCHI with NIE and SUNAGASHI. There are "Smoke" HOTSURE dotting figures and slight SHIMABA pulls occasionally. The valleys drop to the HA through the lower. This work is very typical, in kind, to contemporary JI-DAI, MAGOROKU KANEMOTO. The smooth NAKAGO has good color with KATTE-SAGARI YASURI file marks still visible on all planes and signed: YOSHISUKE |
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YOSHISUKE(3) TEN-MON: SHICHIROZAEMON. It is thought he first signed TERUYOSHI. There is reference that mentions he learned BIZEN style forging techniques from the father and son team of IYETOSHI/IYETSUGU. His 50 year working career offered the same unique style-combination of YOSHISUKE(2). The differentiator is wide blades and an apparent fondness to contrast his product against that of BUNGO TAKADA. MEI: YOSHISUKE YOSHISUKE SAKU SUNSHU SHIMADA JU YOSHISUKE YOSHISUKE(4) TEN-SHO: GOJOSEIBE. Made swords for the TAKEDA. His technical career follows the pattern of YOSHISUKE(3), learning BIZEN style from IYETOSHI and son, IYETSUGU. ITAME HADA. SUGUHA, GUNOME with TOGARI. MEI: YOSHISUKE SUNSHU JU YOSHISUKE SUNSHU SHIMADA JU YOSHISUKE SAKU SUKEMUNE BUN-AN (br: YOSHISUKE 1): One theory has SUKEMUNE traveling from BIZEN with YOSHISUKE, merely a SHIMADA branch line. O-MIDARE and HITATSURA BA. MEI: SUKEMUNE SUKEMUNE SAKU SUKEMUNE(1) TEN-MON (f: YOSHISUKE): GOJOKUZAEMON. TEN-MON 1532 to EI-ROKU 1558. SUKEMUNE was thought to have been from BIZEN as his style reflects OSAFUNE. The tradition was supplied from BIZEN technocrats, IYETOSHI and son, IYETSUGU the supposed teachers of YOSHISUKE(3). Made KATANA and small TANTO, some with HORIMONO. SUGUHA, GUNOME-MIDARE and HITATSURA BA. MEI: SUKEMUNE SUNSHU SHIMADA JUNIN SUKEMUNE SAKU SUNSHU SHIMADA JUNIN SUKEMUNE TSUKURU SUKEMUNE(2) TEN-SHO: HIKOHACHI. Transferred to MATSUSHIRO in SHINANO for the tutelage of SHINANO-no-KAMI KUNIHIRO. His son continued in the KUNIHIRO School. Grandson is KICHIUEMON SUKEMUNE, who is known as KUNIKIYO(1). MEI: SUKEMUNE SUKEMUNE SAKU MOTOSUKE TEN-MON (t:YOSHISUKE): Made wide body with elongated KISSAKI. His light steel is a running KO-ITAME, MASAME mix thatstands. MURA-NIE in NIOI-DEKI stand on SUGUHA, NOTARE-MIDARE, Open GUNOME-MIDARE or HITATSURA where SUNAGASHI is seen. MEI: MOTOSUKE SUNSHU SHIMADA MOTOSUKE |
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KUNISUKE(1) TEN-MON (f: YOSHISUKE): Made swords in MIKAWA. MEI: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU KUNISUKE HIROSUKE(1) TEN-MON (f:YOSHISUKE): "Grandeur" has been used to describe his powerful, wide bladed O-KISSAKI SUGATA. ITAME is MASAME. Strong JI-NIE. HIRO-SUGUHA, O-MIDARE, NOTARE, GUNOME-MIDARE with valleys or GUNOME-CHOJI BA. MURA-NIE. MEI: HIROSUKE HIROSUKE SAKU SUNSHU SHIMADA JU HIROSUKE KUNISUKE(2) TEN-SHO (f:HIROSUKE): NIOI is tightly held to the line. SUGU KO-MIDARE,GUNOME-MIDARE KO-GUNOME MIDARE and HITATSURA BA. HORIMONO. MEI: KUNISUKE SAKU SUNSHU SHIMADA JU KUNISUKE SADAHIRO(1) MEI-O (f: YOSHISUKE): Transfers to ODAWARA, SAGAMI in EI-SHO 1504. Possibly the same as the 2nd who returned to make swords in TEN-MON 1532. ITAME HADA. SUGUHA or KO-MIDARE BA. MEI: SOSHU SADAHIRO SOSHU JU SADAHIRO SOSHU JU SADAHIRO SAKU SADAHIRO(2) TEN-MON (t: YOSHISUKE): Son returns from ODAWARA to apprentice under YOSHISUKE. FUJI-GORI SHIMOKATA JU. MEI: FUJI-GORI SHIMOKATA JU SADAHIRO SUNSHU FUJI-GORI SHIMOKATA JU SADAHIRO SAKU YASUHIRO EI-ROKU (f: SADAHIRO 2): SOSHU YASUHIRO was son of SOSHU YASUKUNI and studied under SADAHIRO(1). The 2nd SADAHIRO returned to SURUGA. This is his son. ITAME. GUNOME- MIDARE, NOTARE-MIDARE with TOBI. 2nd: TEN-SHO. MEI: YASUHIRO SANEIYE KYO-ROKU: SANEIYE lived in KAI. YOSHISUKE School. MEI: SANEIYE SAKU TERUSUKE(1) EI-ROKU (f: YOSHISUKE): Youngest son. SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. TERUSUKE(2) TEN-SHO: SUE-SOSHU Style. _________ SUKEMITSU TEN-SHO: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU SUKEMITSU TERUYOSHI(1) EI-ROKU (f: YOSHISUKE 2): ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME HA. MEI: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU TERUYOSHI TERUYOSHI(2) TEN-SHO: SHIMADA JU TERUYOSHI |
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YOSHITSUNA(1) TEN-MON (t: SOSHU TSUNAHIRO, f: SHIMADA YOSHISUKE): Traveled to ODAWARA for the teachings of TSUNAHIRO. Also made swords in KOFU and TOTOMI. ITAME HADA with MASAME. O-MIDARE BA and undulating GUNOME-MIDARE HA. MEI: YOSHITSUNA YOSHITSUNA SAKU KOFU JU YOSHITSUNA SOSHU JU YOSHITSUNA YOSHITSUNA(2) TEN-SHO: Made swords in MUTSU. Worked to KEI-CHO 1596 period. MEI: YOSHITSUNA YOSHIKUNI TEN-MON (t: YOSHISUKE, br: YOSHITSUNA): To EI-ROKU 1558. ITAME HADA. SUGUHA, O-MIDARE NOTARE-MIDARE and GUNOME patterns. MEI: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU YOSHIKUNI YOSHIMITSU TEN-MON: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU YOSHIMITSU SAKU NOBUYUKI(1) EI-SHO: ITAME HADA. NOTARE O-MIDARE BA. 2nd follows. MEI: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU NOBUYUKI MOTONARI TEN-MON: TEN-MON 1532 to EI-ROKU 1558. From KAI. SOSHU style. See KAI. MEI: KOSHU JU MOTONARI SADASUKE(2) EI-ROKU: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU SADASUKE TOMOYASU(1) TAI-EI: ITAME HADA. NOTARE laid GUNOME-MIDARE HA and CHOJI BA. MEI: TOMOYASU SUNSHU JU TOMOYASU SHIMADA JU TOMOYASU SUNSHU SHIMADA JU TOMOYASU TOMOYASU(2) EI-ROKU: SUNSHU SHIMADA JU TOMOYASU |
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