EDO - MUSASHI PROVINCE      OMURA: ITAME HADA. GUNOME-MIDARE
                                       and O-MIDARE HA.

YASUSHIGE(2) TEN-SHO 1573        See Koto SHITAHARA   ___|_____
  |_____________ ____________                         HIROSHIGE 
__|______     __|______    __|_______        BUN-ROKU & KEI-CHO
YASUSHIGE(3)  KUNISHIGE    CHIKASHIGE     SHINTO HIROSHIGE line
1st brother   2nd brother  3rd brother
 - BUN-ROKU to KEI-CHO SHINTO line -     CHIKASHIGE(3rd brother)
                                         ____|____
                                         CHIKAHIRO

OMURA                                   SHINTO SHIMOHARA
KABOKU SHO-HO 1644                    YASUSHIGE KEI-CHO 1596
   |_______________ _________           12 Generations of 
___|___        ____|___   ___|___           YASUSHIGE  
YASUKUNI       KANEYASU   BOKUDEN
   |__________  See Mino               TERUSHIGE        
___|____  ____|____                                  SAGAMI
YASUKUNI  YOSHITERU                    HIROSHIGE    KIYOHIRA
     _________|_________  
     SUISHINSHI MASAHIDE            BITCHU 
                                    KUNISHIGE       MUSASHI
  KANENAGA MEI-REKI 1655            ____|____   KYO YOSHITAKE
  ____|___                          KUNISHIGE       ____|____
  KANENAGA GEN-ROKU 1688                        EDO YOSHITAKE

SHINTO SHIMOHARA: ITAME-MASAME HADA. MOKUME.
     SUGUHA, HIRO-SUGU GUNOME-MIDARE BA, and
     HAKO-MIDARE forms. KO-NIE and KO-ASHI.

HIROSHIGE(1) BUN-ROKU (br: TERUSHIGE): YAMAMOTO SHINSHICHIRO.
      SUGUHA, GUNOME with ASHI, clear NIOI and KO-NIE.
   BUSHU JU HIROSHIGE
   BUSHU SHIMOHARA JU HIRSHIGE

HIROSHIGE(2) KAN-EI: YAMAMOTO TOUEMON. Elder brother of first 
      generation. Also signed MASASHIGE. KANEI JUROKU 1639, 
      he was awarded SAGAMInoKAMI. 
   BUSHU SHIMOHARA JU HIRSHIGE
   SAGAMInoKAMI FUJIWARA HIROSHIGE

HIROSHIGE(3) KAN-BUN (f: HIROSHIGE2): YAMAMOTO HANJURO. In 
      TEI-KYO NINEN 1685, he made the JINTO battle-sword for 
      MITO MITSUKUNI, the great intellect and writer of the 
      DAI NIHON SHI, complete history of Japan. For this, he 
      was awarded the use of nom, MUNEKUNI. 
   BUSHU SHIMOHARA JU HIROSHIGE
   SAGAMInoKAMI FUJIWARA MUNEKUNI

HIROSHIGE - YASUKUNI GEN-WA (f: HIROSHIGE(1): Second son. 
      YAMAMOTO KINZAEMON. Studied under OMURA KABOKU and 
      changed his name from HIROSHIGE to
      MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI.See OMURA
      From his time with Kaboku he took, BOKUSUKE. Was 
      involved in produucing MITO MITSUKUNI's HAITO and was 
      invited to make sword in the hgouse of TOGAWA SATOTOMI. 
      YASUKUNI dies in KYOHO GONEN 1720, 81 years. 
      ITAME with MASAME. JI-NIE. SUGUHA and SANBONSUGI. 
      NIOI-DEKI GUNOME CHOJI in KO-NIE, or more exuberant 
      GUNOME O-MIDARE with ARA-NIE and NIE-KUZURE BA.
      UTSURI in the YAKIDASHI.  
   MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI
   MOTTE NABMBAN TETSU MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI KITAE

YASUKUNI(2) ENKYO: SHIMOHARA JU. YAMAMOTO KOKURA. First 
      signed, YASUHIDE. Either YASU. Also used MUSASHI TARO. 
      Swords made are like his father's.
   MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI

HIROSHIGE KAN-EI: YAMAMOTO SHINBEI. Third son of HIROSHIGE(1).
      Worked from KAN-EI  until his death in KANBUN NINEN, 
      1662. His is the second line of HIROSHIGE. 
      Under him are: 
HIROSHIGE(2) YAMAMOTO SHINBEI. KANBUN to GEN-ROKU.
HIROSHIGE(3) YAMAMOTO MANUEMON. KYO-HO.
HIROSHIGE(4) YAMAMOTO HYOUEMON. EN-KYO.
HIROSHIGE(5) YAMAMOTO TOHACHI. MEI-WA.
HIROSHIGE(6) YAMAMOTO SHOGORO. BUN-KA.
HIROSHIGE(7) YAMAMOTO SAICHI.  AN-SEI to the MEIJI.

KANENAGA GEN-ROKU (f: SHIMOHARA KANENAGA): Worked in EDO.
   KANENAGA (KANE: Hiragana)
   BUSHU KANDA JU SANSHIRO KANENAGA
   BUSHU EDO JU KANENAGA (KANE: Hiragana)