Chikuzen Nobukuni Koto Roots History: |
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On
instruction of Emperor GoDai-Go, Kusunoki
Masashige restored the throne. The Hojo capitol,
at Kamakura burned in 1333.
Seizing the moment, however, his general, Ashikaga Takauji rebelled and was beaten back to the Southern Island of Kyushu where the Hosokawa, Shiba and Otomo joined his cause. (Read Godaigo History) The Otomo fought the Imperial support of southern landholders, the Kikuchi and took control of five Kyushu provinces. Takauji and his allies won Kyoto and resided there, holding governmental power for the new Ashikaga Shogunate. Kyoto has conservative Rai sword school and the Otomo invited Rai and Nobukuni school stylists to their home territories. YOSHISADA brings RYOKAI School, and NOBUKUNI school master, SADAMITSU brings NOBUKUNI / RAI styles to KYUSHU. |
~ RYOKAI School ~
~NOBUKUNI School ~
_____________________________________ YAMASHIRO HISANOBU / Ryokai(2) School |_______________________________ __________|_______ ___|__________________________ KYOTO YOSHISADA (1) RYAKU-O 1338 NOBUHISA - name to NOBUKUNI(1) KEM-MU 1334 ___________|______ __|________ KYOTO YOSHISADA(2) O-AN 1368 NOBUKUNI(2) EN-BUN 1356 "Three Students" comes to KYUSHU - "TSUKUSHI RYOKAI" __|________ SADAMUNE NOBUKUNI(3) SHI-TOKU 1384 _________________________| ______|____ ______|__________________ SADAMITSU KO-O 1389 NOBUMITSU / NOBUKUNI(4) O-EI 1394 to BUNGO and BUZEN becoming NOBUKUNI (later signed) EI-KYO 1429 |
Chikuzen
Nobukuni is a long line extending from Koto
times. The Sengoku labored all sword schools until
the Momoyama of robust unification breathed new
life into the arts and styles of all of Japan. The
young masters coming from Ten-sho, such as
Horikawa Kunihiro, traveling to Kyoto, would
create a new world of strong new Momoyama
styles.
The "Shinto" sword-period grew directly from Hideyoshi's Momoyama Unification. CHIKUZEN
NOBUKUNI YOSHHISADA worked for Kuroda Nagamasa
and made the Chikuzen Nobukuni style for Kuroda
House. Yoshisada forged his strong, robust
Momoyama KYUSHU with the classic Chikuzen
Nobukuni tradition to create the Shinto Chikuzen
Nobukuni, from which Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshinao
becomes Master in his time. Yoshisada
Keicho - Kanei 1624 Founder Chikuzen Nobukuni
School
Yoshimasa
Mitsumasa Tenmei 1781 Yoshikazu
Bun-Sei
1818
Yoshimasa TemPo 1830 |
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