NARA School AMAKUNI - AMAKURA

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YAMATO

NARA School      AMAKUNI - AMAKURA - SHINSOKU 
                                            
                                            Emperor KEITAI-TENNO   
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FUJIMORI                                              AMAKUMO      
TAI-HO 701                                            KEI-TAI 507
                                  TEGAI TOMOMITSU:   
_______                                Root of Roots 
AMAKUNI TAI-HO 701    
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AMAKURA TAI-HO   TADAMIZU  AMASHO  TOMOMITSU    SHOICHI
(AMAZA)     701                    ___|____  
                                   TOMOKUNI WA-DO 708
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KUNIYOSHI JIN-KI 724                   
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SHIGENORI                  GEKKO - SEISHINDAYU YASUNORI EI-EN 987
TEMPYO-HOJI 757                        ________|___              
_______ _______                        HOKI AMAHARA SHO-RYAKU 990
AMAYUKI AMAFUJI                        _______                   
- DAI-DO 806 -                         ARIKUNI KAN-KO 1004       


AMAKUNI: MASAME with YUBASHIRI-HADA. JI-NIE.
         HOSO-SUGU with NIJUBA-like effects.


SHINSOKU: Herded by HACHIMAN to BUZEN (see BUZEN)


AMAFUJI DAI-DO: AMAFUJI made a sword for the spirit KASUGA MYOJIN
        who is AME-no-KOYANE-no-MIKOTO residing in NARA at the
        KASUGA-no-MIYA Shrine. SUGUHA.

SHOICHI TAI-HO: Possibly an alternate name for HOKI SANEMORI. 
                                               See HOKI


KOGARASUMARU 

   There were more than one KOGARASUMARU. It is a name given to a 
   famous sword. A sword of a type. Perhaps it was thought of as the
   true Japanese sword, residing in a world of Chinese style 
   KIRIHA-TSUKURI. It is thought that the KOGARASUMARU was the 
   inspiration for the curved, single-edged HANCHO-TO which was
   apparently necessitated as a shock reducer for fighting from horseback.

   There are two or three true KOGARASUMARU swords known to exist 
   today. There are, of course, many reproductions and reverently 
   made swords of varying quality.




KOGARASUMARU

KOGARASUMARU - GYOBUTSU               NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 6.5 BU
  AMAKUNI TAI-HO 701                         SORI: 4 BU
   Imperial Treasure                    MOTO-HABA: 1.1 SUN
HO-RYOBA-TSUKURI (double-edged point)      NAKAGO: 6.4 SUN

Its praises are sung in the MAN YOSHU or "Collection of 10,000 
Leaves" - ca. 750. The fame and study of this piece helped 
transform the vision of the sword for its new ideal. It is still
of the highest importance in the study of the Japanese Sword. 
TACHI of light curve and little FUNBARI - the NAKAGO has greatest
arc. This is certainly one of the most distinctive swords in all
of history. 

NAGINATA-HI and strong SHINOGI-BOHI, the SAKI of which forms the
support structure for the MONOUCHI. 

The ITAME is running HADA with JI-NIE. YAKIBA pattern is a thin 
HOSO-SUGUHA that deepens as it reaches the upper. NIE combines 
with NIOI to pull an almost HOTSURE-effect on the line, which 
continues through KO-MARU BOSHI.

Sanko Hei Kokushitsu Saya Tsurugi Koshirae
Nagasa: 62.3cm
Moto-Haba: 3.2cm

Sanko Vajra handle and Black Kokushitsu Saya
Kiriha-Tsukuri of the Kasauga Jinja.
Ko-Itame Hada with Ji-Nie.
Hoso-Sugu Ko-Midare Ba of Nioi-Fukashi and Ko-Nie.

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