YAMATO HOSHO Sword School

YAMATO HOSHO     Works of the Hosho
are the Rarest of the Five Schools
- 3 Brothers -      ______________________________________
_____|__           ___|_____          ___|____ SADAMUNE SADAYOSHI          SADAKIYO
        Even MASAME: Think HOSHO, or schools having HOSHO         roots. Check neighboring KII (Eight Roads, pg ###).
HOSHO special trait is much JI-BA through the YAKIBA.

Technical: SUGATA - Wide. Shallow curvature, high SHINOGI,                     high MUNE or MITSU-MUNE. KO-KISSAKI.                     CHIKEI and JI-NIE found.                       HADA - MASAME - pronounced. Follows FUKURA.                     Some members famed for evenly-laid grain.             HAMON - SUGUHA with UCHINOKE in NIE and NIOI.                     SUGU KO-MIDARE. HOTSURE. Perhaps NIJU.                     Some KINSUJI and KO-ASHI.                     BOSHI - YAKIZUME. Follows the grain. HAKIKAKE.                    NAKAGO - Many SURIAGE.

                                              _______                                               SADAIYE BUN-PO 1317 __________________________       _________     _______ __________ HOSHO KUNIMITSU (SADAMITSU)      SADATSUGU     SADAAKI UDA SADAKI      | KO-AN 1278                 SHO-O 1288     - GEN-O 1319 -      |                  - 3 Brothers -      |_______________________ _________________    _____|__                  ___|_____         ___|____ SADAMUNE BUN-PO 1317      SADAYOSHI         SADAKIYO GEN-KYO 1321      |_________ ________ | BUN-PO 1317 ___|____      _____|__    ___|__ ____|___ |              SADAMOTO SADAZANE    NYUSAI YASUNAGA |                KA-REKI 1326 RYAKU-O 1338 KA-GEN 1303   |     _____________ ___________|_____________ ___|___      ____|___     ___|____     ____|____           SADAOKI      SADAYUKI     SADAMURA     SADAMITSU(1) BUN-WA 1352 (SADASUYE)   TEI-WA 1345    _|_        ____|____           TEI-JI 1362              ___|_____    SADAMITSU(2) EI-WA 1375      _________                 SADATSUGU          ________ SADATOSHI KA-REKI 1326    KO-SHO 1455        SADAYUKI KO-SHO 1455 ________                     - SUE-HOSHO -   _________            SADASUYE TEI-WA 1345                         SADAMITSU MEI-O 1492 SADATSUGU SHO-O to BUN-PO: His SADA form: TEI "Divination," TSUGU         form: KEI "Inherit." TACHI has elongated KO-KISSAKI on         raised and wide SHINOGI SUGATA. MASAME with CHIKEI and         JI-NIE. NIJUBA ASAKI-NOTARE BA in NIE having ASHI and YO.         SUNAGASHI and NIJUBA walk the grain. BOSHI: NIJUBA and         HAKIKAKE falls YAKIZUME with the grain. Only three extant
pieces known.     MEI: SADATSUGU 3 Brothers SADAMUNE BUN-PO (f: KUNIMITSU): TACHI and 9 SUN, MU-SORI TANTO.         Even grained MASAME veiled in JI-NIE. SUGU KO-MIDARE.         CHU-SUGU HOTSURE BA in NIE and NIOI with SUNAGASHI.         BOSHI is NIE HAKIKAKE YAKIZUME. Large MEI in thick         strokes on KURIJIRI NAKAGO. Some with thin strokes.     MEI: HOSHO SADAMUNE SAKU          HOSHO GORO SADAMUNE          YAMATO-no-KUNI HOSHO SADAMUNE          YAMATO-no-KUNI TAKACHI-GORI JU SADAMUNE

SADAZANE RYAKU-O (f: SADAMUNE): TAKACHI JU. MASAME. NIE NIJU-SUGU         HOTSURE BA. HAKIKAKE BOSHI that falls in YAKIZUME.     MEI: SADAZANE          FUJIWARA SADAZANE          TAKACHI JU SADAZANE          WASHU TAKACHI JU SADAZANE

YAMATO HOSHO School

3 Brothers
SADAYOSHI BUN-PO (f: KUNIMITSU ): HOSHO GORO. Title: SAEMONnoJO.
        From BUN-PO 1317 to TEI-WA 1345. 8.5 to 9.5 SUN, wide and
        thick TANTO. This smith has several distinctive points. 

                       - Evenly made MASAME. 
                       - JI-NIE is particularly strong. 
                       - Wide YAKIBA rises from thin YAKIDASHI. 

        SUGUHA of strong NIE that shows HOTSURE. KO-ASHI under
        SUNAGASHI with KINSUJI. BOSHI will be NIE HAKIKAKE or 
        KAEN - follows grain. Many with HORIMONO. Mark: HORI are
        deeply cut. Usually long signature.
    MEI: HOSHO SADAYOSHI
         FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI SAKU
         KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         YAMATO-no-KUNI JUNIN SADAYOSHI SAKU
         YAMATO-no-KUNI JUNIN FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         YAMATO-no-KUNI KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         NANTO TAKACHI-GORI JU FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         TAKACHI-GORI JU KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         TAKACHI-GORI JUNIN KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         YAMATO-no-KUNI TAKACHI-GORI JUNIN SAEMONnoJO SADAYOSHI
         YAMATO-no-KUNI TAKACHI-GORI JUNIN FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
                                  NYUSEI HOSHI SAKU

SADAYUKI TEI-WA (f: SADAYOSHI): Evenly laid MASAME has JI-NIE. 
        NIE-DEKI SUGU HOTSURE BA. BOSHI is HAKIKAKE YAKIZUME.
    MEI: FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI
         WASHU TAKACHI-GORI SADAYUKI


SADAMITSU(1) BUN-WA (f: SADAYOSHI): Even-running MASAME HADA with 
        JI-NIE. NIE-DEKI NIJUBA SUGU KO-MIDARE BA with HOTSURE.
        BOSHI is HAKIKAKE YAKIZUME. 2nd follows in EI-WA 1375.
    MEI: FUJIWARA SADAMITSU
         YAMATO-no-KUNI JU SADAMITSU SAKU
         YAMATO-no-KUNI FUJIWARA SADAMITSU


3 Brothers
SADAKIYO GEN-KYO (f:KUNIMITSU ): Made narrow HIRA-TSUKURI TANTO.
        Rough, straight MASAME with JI-NIE. KO-NIE CHU-SUGUHA 
        KO-MIDARE BA or GUNOME with ASHI-IRI under SUNAGASHI has
        HOTSURE from the HABUCHI. HOSHO NIE-FUKASHI based HAKIKAKE
        BOSHI that resolves in YAKIZUME. MEI: Large 
           characters.
    MEI: SADAKIYO
         HOSHO SADAKIYO
         FUJIWARA SADAKIYO
         FUJIWARA SADAKIYO SAKU
         WASHU JU FUJIWARA SADAKIYO
         YAMATO-no-KUNI JU FUJIWARA SADAKIYO

SADAOKI TEI-JI (f: SADAKIYO, t: SADAYOSHI): He is possibly son of
        SADAMUNE. HOSHO style, normal width TANTO.MASAME HADA 
        showing ARA JI-NIE is evenly laid and rough. SUGUHA or
        KO-MIDARE KUICHIGAI BA in strong KO-NIE. HOTSURE from the
        line. NIE HAKIKAKE BOSHI. Signature uses the OKU 
        character-form of OKI. 
    MEI: SADAOKI
         HOSHO SADAOKI
         FUJIWARA SADAOKI

Kokuho Hosho Sadayoshi Tanto
Nagasa: 8 Sun 5 Bu (25.76cm)
Sori: Slight Uchizori
Motohaba: 8 Bu (2.42cm)
Moto-kasane: 2 Bu 7 Rin (0.82cm)
Nakago: 3 Sun 4 Bu (10.45cm)
Nakago-Muzori

The foremost Hosho example. Flowing Masame Hada turns into the Kissaki creating its Nie-Hakikake Boshi, in which long lines of Kinsuji run like whiskers.
Strong Nie Suguha has even-laying Sunagashi defining the grain.
Ubu, Two-Mekugi-ana. Many mountings.
Takachi Ju Kango Fujiwara Sadayoshi
Genkyo 4th (Year) Ki-no-e Ne (Year of the Rat) Ju-Gatsu Juhachi-Hi

Kokuho Hosho Sadayoshi Tanto