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The Eight DO
TOSANDO - The Eight Roads of KOTO

SHIMOTSUKE - TOKUJIRA School 

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HARUKAZE KO-AN 1278   HARUMORI       MORI           HARUNARI
___|____              KEN-CHO 1249   KEN-CHO 1249   KO-CHO 1261
HIROMUNE EN-BUN 1356     

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HIROMUNE MEI-TOKU 1390
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HIROMUNE MEI-O 1492   
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HIROMUNE        CHIKAMITSU 
TEN-MON 1532    EI-SHO 1504


HARUMORI KEN-CHO: SAGAMI and ETCHU. GUNOME KO-MIDARE HA with 
        ASHI. One reference says HARUMORI of O-EI 1394 was 
        brother of HARUKAZE. Dates are uncertain. Changed his 
        MORI.
    MEI: HARUMORI
         SHIMOTSUKE JU HARUMORI

HARUKAZU KO-AN: Also in SAGAMI. KO-NIE DEKI GUNOME KO-MIDARE HA.

HIROMUNE MEI-TOKU: Dates are inconsistent. See HIROMUNE of MEI-O,
 below.

HIROMUNE MEI-O: In SAGAMI and ECHIGO. Later in SAGAMI, he became
        SOSHU MASAKIYO. HIROMUNE dates are conflicting. Some say
        MEI-TOKU. ITAME HADA. KO-NIE and deep NIOI GUNOME 
        patterns are set on a NOTARE undulation.
    MEI: SHIMOTSUKE-no-KUNI HIROMUNE
         SOSHU JU MASAKIYO
         SOSHU KAMAKURA JU MASAKIYO

CHIKAMITSU EI-SHO (f: HIROMUNE): From EI-SHO 1504 to TEN-MON
        1532. NOTARE BA and NOTARE undulation of GUNOME-MIDARE.
    MEI: SHIMOTSUKE TOKUJIRA CHIKAMITSU
         SHIMOTSUKE-no-KUNI TOKUJIRA JU CHIKAMITSU
         SHIMOTSUKE-no-KUNI JU TOKUJIRA CHIKAMITSU

SHIMOTSUKE - TOKUJIRA School
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TOKUJIRA MORIKATSU(1) KYO-ROKU 1528
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MORIKATSU(2)   MORI     KATSUHIRO      SADAKATSU(1) BUN-GI 1501 |
 - TEN-SHO 1573 -       EI-SHO 1504    ____|____                |
_________       _________              SADAKATSU(2) GEN-KI 1570 |
MUNEKATSU       YORIMITSU                   ____________________|
TEN-SHO 1573    EI-ROKU 1558           ____|_____
                                       KATSUSHIGE TEN-MON 1532
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SHIGEKATSU O-NIN 1467
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SHIGEKATSU TEN-MON 1532
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SHIGEKATSU KEI-CHO 1596


MORIKATSU KYO-ROKU: Thought of as the TOKUJIRA School founder. He
        is known for a high refinement of the GUNOME-MIDARE 
        pattern and his SOSHU HIROMITSU School HORIMONO. ITAME 
        HADA. KO-NIE KO-MIDARE of GUNOME-MIDARE with valleys and
        ASHI. KINSUJI. Another MORIKATSU in TEN-SHO 1573 and 
        SHINTO - KAN-EI 1624. 
    MEI: MORIKATSU SAKU
         YASHU JU MORIKATSU
         YASHU JU FUJIWARA MORIKATSU
         SHIMOTSUKE-no-KAMI MORIKATSU
         SHIMOTSUKE TOKUJIRA MORIKATSU
    OMOTE: YASHU JU MORIKATSU
      URA: OITE TOKUJIRA-MURA SAKU KORE


KATSUHIRO EI-SHO: MUSASHI also. Worked to TEN-MON 1532. NOTARE BA
        with GUNOME HA.
    MEI: KATSUHIRO
         KATSUHIRO TSUKURU
         YASHU JU KATSUHIRO
         YASHU ASHIKAGA JU KATSUHIRO
         YASHU JU ASHIKAGA-SHO KATSUHIRO
         SHIMOTSUKE-no-KUNI TOKUJIRA JU KATSUHIRO


SADAKATSU BUN-GI: Worked at TOKUJIRA Village. ITAME. Undulating 
          GUNOME-MIDARE NOTARE BA, SOSHU style. 
    MEI: YAKUSHIJI SADAKATSU

SADAKATSU GEN-KI: SOSHU style. 
    MEI: YASHU TOKUJIRA JU YAKUSHIJI SADAKATSU

MUNEKATSU TEN-SHO:Running ITAME HADA that stands.KO-MIDARE HA
          in MURA KO-NIE.
    MEI: MUNEKATSU

SHIMOTSUKE - TOKUJIRA School

KATSUSHIGE TEN-MON (t: MORIKATSU): TOKUJIRA-MURA JU. Also in
        SAGAMI. SOSHU style GUNOME in NOTARE. 
    MEI: KATSUSHIGE
         YASHU ASHIKAGA JU KATSUSHIGE

YORIMITSU EI-ROKU: TOKUJIRA-MURA JU. Running ITAME with O-HADA.
        Profuse MURA-NIE GUNOME O-MIDARE HA and HITATSURA BA, 
        SOSHU style.
    MEI: YASHU TOKUJIRA JU YORIMITSU

HORIKAWA Founder  * The capitol awaited our traveler *
KUNIHIRO TEN-SHO to KEI-CHO (f: KUNIMASA): TANAKAKINTARO. 
      Accepted SHINANO-no-KAMI in 1590. He had been retainer 
      for the ITO Family in HYUGA, who had fallen into decline 
      after TEN-SHO 4. See HYUGA
      He moved to SHIMOTSUKE to make swords at the ASHIKAGA 
      Castle, from where we have his two famous NAMBOKUCHO 
      copies for NAGAO AKINAGA. It is from this time, the 
      TEN-SHO, he established "HORIKAWA" to his name. 
      Finally he moved to the Capitol and the UMETADA School to 
      be a main Founder of the SHINTO. He is known as the father 
      of SHINTO. He was a long time retainer for the Ii Family.
      See SHINTO KYOTO.
      Running ITAME with JI-NIE. MASAME in the SHINOGI-JI. 
      His early work, dubbed the "TEN-SHO Period," said to 
      resemble that of his father. 

        -Early: SUGU GUNOME, GUNOME-MIDARE in tightly held NIOI.
        -Later: SUGU NOTARE-MIDARE  GUNOME-MIDARE, KO-MIDARE,
                O-MIDARE, and NOTARE in NIE and NIOI-FUKASHI with
                KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI. BOSHI: MIDARE NIE-KUZURE 
                - with TOGARI. KUNIHIRO died an old man in the 
                spring of 1614. See SHINTO - YAMASHIRO

                       Appraisal note - Early: Tight NIOI
                                         Late: NIOI is FUKAi
Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro 
Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro