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The Eight DO
TOSANDO - The Eight Roads of KOTO |
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MUTSU (RIKUOKU) * Many Dates from Many Sources Vie for Swords *
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MOTOTOSHI TAI-HO 701 MOKUSA School: Names reappear throughout
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AMAHARA KO-NIN 810
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YASUFUSA MOKUSA Founder SHO-HYO 931 MONJU TEN-KEI 938
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MORIFUSA MORITO TOSHIYASU MOKUSA TAKEYASU |
| O-WA 961 - TEN-ROKU 970 - TEN-GEN 978 O-WA 961 |
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TOMONAGA CHO-HO 999 SADAFUSA KAN-KO 1004 |
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MOROMUNE KITAYASUCHO-WA 1012 |
CHO-RYAKU 1037 ___|____ |
MORIYASU CHO-KYU 1040 |
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MITSUNAGA O-WA 961 ARIMASA MARUSAKU FUSHU EI-EN 987
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| |___________ TAKEFUSA CHO-HO 999
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| KO-BIZEN MASATSUNE ARIYUKI GANU MONJU
| KAN-WA 985 - CHO-WA 1012 -
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MITSUTOMO TOMOMITSU KUNINAGA TOMONAGA EI-EN 987
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____|_____ MOROMUNE CHO-RYAKU 1037
MITSUTSUNE JI-AN 1021
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SANEFUSA JI-AN 1021
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MOKUSA TEN-KI 1053 YASUFUSA KO-HEI 1058
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YUKISHIGE TARO SHO-HO 1074 YUAN MOKUSA TARO KO-HEI 1058
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MARUFUSA KAN-JI 1087 YORIYASU DAI-JI 1126
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MOKUSAMARU EI-KYU 1113
YASUFUSA SHO-HYO: MOKUSA Founder. SUGU KO-MIDARE GUNOME-MIDARE.
MORIFUSA O-WA (f: YASUFUSA): GUNOME-MIDARE KO-MIDARE BA.
TAKEYASU O-WA (f: YASUFUSA): SUGU GUNOME HA.
ARIMASA EI-EN (f: MUNEFUSA): Father of KO-BIZEN MASATSUNE. KO-NIE
KO-GUNOME MIDARE HA.
KUNINAGA (t: MASATOSHI, f: MITSUNAGA):
MOKUSA KUNINAGA
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MUTSU MOKUSA School - KAMAKURA
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RIKUOKU: YASUFUSA DAI-JI 1126 GAAN YASUMITSU
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MORIIYE HO-GEN 1156 MORIFUSA HO-EN 1135 TOSHIYASU
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- 4 brothers - | See DEWA
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KIYOMARU KARYUMARU YUKITSUNE GARIMA O-HO 1161
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CHIKAKIKU SHO-JI 1199 TOSHITSUNE HIDEYASU TEN-PUKU 1233
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CHIKANORI - See DEWA - IYETOKI SHO-O 1288
TEN-PUKU 1233
MITSUTOMO KYU-AN (f: MITSUNAGA): Recorded in his line by the work
of his descendants.
MOKUSA BUN-EI: The environs of HIRAIZUMI is the famous and long
camp of the MOKUSA Group. NARA smiths of TAI-HO 701 first
came to IWAI-GORI at MOKUSA. It has been the center of
MUTSU sword production and national source of smith lines
and talent ever since. Many of its masters signed simply,
"MOKUSA." Encountered pieces will most likely originate
from the KAMAKURA period. SUGATA places time. CHIKEI
twists through O-ITAME that stands. JI-NIE is spotted or
"Dappled" along the JI. KO-NIE and NIOI CHOJI is
KO-MIDARE where SUNAGASHI is seen. Swords might have the
two-character TACHI-MEI placed just above the ANA.
CHIKAKIKU SHO-JI (f: DEWA ONIOMARU, br: GASSAN): RIKUCHU. Son of
ONIOMARU also called KIYOMARU, the originator of GASSAN
in DEWA. One would expect O-ITAME HADA with dappled
JI-NIE, KO-MIDARE BA and KO-GUNOME BA.
CHIKAKIKU
CHIKAKIRI GEN-RYAKU: RIKUOKU. Signature in KANA is possible.
MUTSU MOKUSA-HA CHIKAKIRI
RIKUOKU MOKUSA-HA CHIKAKIRI
CHIKANORI BUN-JI to TEM-PUKU: Two smiths are given in several
texts, allowing an earlier smith. The father was
CHIKAKIKU. This MUTSU line birthed GASSAN in DEWA from
grandfather KIYOMARU who is also called ONIOMARU.
Signatures may be in KANA. See DEWA
NICHIMYO
NICHINORI
CHIKANORI
NICHIMYO HOSHI
GASSAN CHIKANORI
UNSHU JU CHIKANORI
UNSHU GASSAN CHIKANORI
TOSHIYASU
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TOSHIYASU NIN-PYO JUYO BIJUTSU-HIN TACHI
NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 2.5 SUN MOTO-HABA: 1.2 SUN
SORI: 7 BU SAKI-HABA: 7.5 BU
NAKAGO: 5 SUN 8.5 BU
MOKUSAKAJI. Son of DAI-JI YASUFUSA. Only known piece.
SHINOGI-TSUKURI,IHORI-MUNE, KO-KISSAKI TACHI. BO-HI.
Standing ITAME with O-HADA mixed. YAKIBA varies: a
KO-GUNOME MIDARE has jutting TOGARI rises in the mid,
while "Bean" GUNOME in the lower and long KO-NOTARE in the
upper fall to the HA. SHIMA-BA like TOBI free themselves
in the MONOUCHI. NIOI falls deep as SUNAGASHI cuts the
HABUCHI. BOSHI smooths to a relaxed SUGU KO-MIDARE that
ends in KO-MARU.
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MUTSU MOKUSA School
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MITSUNAGA KITAYASU SAIKIN HO-EN 1135 MOKUSA HO-GEN 1156
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MITSUTOMO MORIYASU FUSHU O-HO 1161 MOKUSA SHO-AN 1171
KYU-AN 1145 CHO-KAN __|__ __|___
____ 1163 FUSHU JU-EI 1182 MOKUSA JU-EI 1182
MARU HO-GEN 1156 _|_ __|___
__|____ MOKUSA BUN-EI 1264
FUSHIMI SHO-O 1288 __|___
MOKUSA KEN-JI 1275
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______________ TOSHIYASU SANEKUNI TOMOKIYO IYENORI
BUNGO YUKIHIRA - GEN-RYAKU 1184 -
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YUKISHIGE (to YAMATO) KEN-KYU 1190
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SENJUIN SHIGEYUKI FUHO BUN-JI 1185
"YUKIHIRA-ZABURO"
TEM-PUKU 1233
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MITSUTSUNE NIN-AN 1166 ________
|__________ MARUSAKU TEI-O 1222
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MITSUTSUNE NORITSUNE & YAMATO YASUMITSU GEN-NIN 1224
SHO-JI 1199 KEN-KYU 1190 ________
FUSAYASU TEN-PUKU 1233
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MITSUTSUNE KO-AN 1278 TOSHIYASU BUN-RYAKU 1234
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MITSUTSUNE KEM-MU 1334 UNDO KA-TEI 1235
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MITSUTSUNE KO-RYAKU 1379 ARIMOTO KAN-GEN 1243
NORITSUNE KEN-KYU (f: MITSUTSUNE): KAMIICHIMARU is same man. Also
in YAMATO.
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YORIYASU BUN-WA 1352
YORIYASU BUN-WA: CHIBA KUNIHIRA same man. ITAME. HOSO-SUGUHA.
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YUKISHIGE YASUMITSU
- TEI-JI 1362 -
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KANPO O-EI 1394
