JUMYO , MINO DEN
美濃
HITACHI NO KAMI FUJIWARA JUMYO
This is a katana signed Hitachi no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo made by the sandai Shinto Jumyo of Shimizu, who also may be the nidai Jumyo of the Ishikiri lineage.
JUMYO WAKIZASHI IN HANDACHI MOUNTS
The kozuka and waribashi that match the fittings.
This has a gunome choji hamon becoming o-midare in the monouchi that is typical of Jumyo swords. A predominate o- masame, o-itame jihada.
This is the mei found on the kogatana. There is a hollyhock (Aoi) mon with a mei indicating Okimasa Kotetsu of the Nakasone Ryu. This in itself is from a significant smith and exhibits a kesho-yasuri kasurime, notare hamon and is ichimai.
The Ninteisho Kicho-Token paper dated Sept. 11, 1966 refers to this wakizashi of Ishaku Yonsun Nibu Gorin (43.18 cm) as being attributed to the Jumyo school.
This is a wakizashi in Handachi mounts done in a silver alloy (rogin) with a nanako ground. The kozuka for the kogatana and the wari-bashi follow in the same pattern. The tsuba is shakudo with a gold washed Fukurin in silver that also has a nanako ground. Rogin is a silver alloy like Shibuichi.
The blade has an itame-masame jihada with a gunome hamon.
This sword and Koshirae are currently being restored and polished. I will post the pictures of the finished work when it becomes available.
Above is the translation of the Origami for the sword. Kindly translated and highlighted by Morita Kiyoshi Sama whom I thank profusely.
Polishing has been completed by Woodrow Hall at Robert Benson's shop in Honolulu, HI. www.bushidojapaneseswords.com
Here are some pictures that do no justice to the quality work done. Polished in the Sashikomi style.
JUMYO O-KOGATANA
This large Kogatana has a nagasa of 16.2 cm.
HOKKYO KOANSAI JUMYO
This wakizashi was made by the shodai of the Kondo line. Signed nijimei as he was not yet a Buddhist priest and had not adopted the name Hokkyo Koansai. This was when he was made a Buddhist priest in Tenna 3. He went by the name Kondo Sozaemon prior to this. He died in Genroku 16 (1703) at the age of 84.
MINO no KUNI
A Map Showing the Location of Mino Province
THE JUMYO HA (SHIMIZU HA)
The Jumyo-Ha is one of the Kaji that existed from the very earliest days of the Mino Den and were found in Saigun (county) and predominantly in Shimizu village. It seems that the Shodai, Zaemon no Jo (Jumyo 1) of this line came from Yamato sometime before Kengen (1302) the date generally accepted as the start of the Mino Den and is one of the forerunners of the Mino tradition. He was extant from Sho'o (1288) to Tokuji (1306). There may have been other Kaji working with this name subsequently including some associated with the Toshinaga Ha of Kawado ( the kanji can be read Jumyo or Toshinaga). Many smiths at this time had come from Yamato and this may explain the amalgamation of the Yamato tradition with the Soshu tradition, eg.Kaneuji of the Tegai Ha of Nara, Yamato is a good example. Kaneuji (1284-1344) came from Nara as well where he studied under Kanenaga. Around 1314 he studied under Okazaki Goro Masamune (1264-1343) in Kamakura. Kaneuji moved to Shizu in 1319.
KOTO PERIOD
SHODAI- extant Sho'o (1288) to Tokuji (1306) through Hisanaga (Father or Grandfather?), Noshu Hisanaga
signed- Jumyo, Noshu Onogun Sai-gun Junin Jumyo
NIDAI- extant Bunpo (1317) to Kenmu (1334) Mino and Etchu (son?)
signed- Jumyo
SANDAI- extant Shohei (1346) to Shohei17 (1362). Sai-gun group. JUMYO III
signed- Jumyo
YONDAI- extant from Shohei17 (1362) JUMYO IV
signed- Noshu Sai-gun Ju Jumyo
GODAI ?- extant around Oei (1394) Son of Muneyoshi (relationship ?)
signed- Noshu Ju Jumyo Muneyoshi, Sai-gun Ju Jumyo, Noshu Shimizu Ju Jumyo
ROKUDAI ?- extant around Shocho (1428)
signed- Jumyo Munetsugu
CONTINUING LINEAGE
JUMYO- extant around Choroku (1457)
signed- Yamato Kuni Jumyo
JUMYO (KUNIYUKI)- extant from Joji (1362) to Bunchu (1372)
signed- Noshu Ju Fujiwara Kuniyuki, Jumyo Kuniyuki
SUKETSUGU- extant around Kakitsu (1441) of the Saigun group but Jumyo Ha is unclear
There is some kind of relationship between the Jumyo Ha and Toshinaga Ha of Kawado village where some kaji within that group also used Jumyo as a family name. The kanji 'mune' in their nanori is also found in the Aksaka Senjuin group as well as the kanji 'tsugu' which emerges in Seki in the name Kanetsugu.
MUNETSUGU (JUMYO)- extant around Kakitsu (1441) Toshinaga group
signed- Jumyo Munetsugu, Muneyoshi
JUMYO (SEKI)- extant around Tenbun (1532) son of Munetsugu, lived in Shimizu
signed- Jumyo
JUMYO- extant from Tensho (1573) to Bunroku (1592), lived in Shimizu
signed- Noshu Shimizu Ju Jumyo
JUMYO (IWAMAKI)- moved from Shimizu to Kiyosu, Owari around 1596 and then on to Nagoya. This is the Shodai of the Owari Jumyo line (see Owari-Jumyo).
KANEUJI (BISHU)- extant around Tensho (1588), moved from Shimizu to Inuyama, Owari.
signed- Inuyama Ju Kaneuji, Bishu Ju Kaneuji Saku
KANEUJI (BISHU)- extant from Bunroku (1592) to Keicho (15960, also moved to Inuyama, Owari
signed- Bishu Inuyama Ju Kaneuji
Other smiths that may have been in the Jumyo line (Shimizu) Sukemune, Sukeyoshi
SHINTO PERIOD
JUMYO (HITACHI NO KAMI) I- Kanei (1624) Shimizu
Hitachi no Kami Jumyo
JUMYO (HITACHI NO KAMI) II - Kanbun (1661) Shimizu also Kozuke no Kami II
Hitachi no Kami Jumyo, Kozuke no Kami Jumyo
JUMYO (HITACHI NO KAMI) III- Jokyo (1684) Shimizu 2nd in Ishikiri line ?
Hitachi no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo
JUMYO (KAWACHI NO KAMI)- Manji (1658)
Kawachi no Kami Jumyo, Kawachi no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo
JUMYO (KOZUKE NO KAMI) I- Kanei (1624) Shimizu
Kozuke no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo
JUMYO (MINO NO KAMI)- Kanbun (1661) Mino and Ozumi provinces
Mino no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo, Noshu Ju Jumyo, Noshu Seki Ju Jumyo
JUMYO (SAGAMI NO KAMI)- Kanbun (1661)
Sagami no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo
JUMYO- Tenbun (1681) to Genroku (1688) b. 1619 d. 1703 Mino and Owari provinces
Hikogoro Jumyo, Noshu Ju Hikogoro Jumyo, Hokyo Koansai Jumyo
ISHIKIRI LINE
JUMYO (TANGO NO KAMI)- see Shodai Owari- Jumyo
JUMYO (HITACHI NO KAMI) III- Jokyo (1684) Shimizu 2nd in Ishikiri line ?
Hitachi no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo
JUMYO- Kyoho (1716) Shimizu, Mino 3rd in Ishikiri line
JUMYO- Kanpo (1741) Shimizu, Mino 4th in Ishikiri line
Kozuke no Kami Jumyo
JUMYO- Horyaku (1751) to Anei (1772) Shimizu, Mino 5th in Ishikiri line
JUMYO (MINO no KAMI)- Anei (1772) Shimizu, Mino 6th in Ishikiri line
Mino no Kami Jumyo
KONDO LINE
JUMYO (KOANSAI)- Kanbun (1661) to Tenwa (1681) Mino maybe 1st in Kondo line.
Was named Kondo Sozaemon, became Buddhist priest Tenwa3 (1683) Hokkyo. b. 1619 d.1703
Jumyo, Hokkyo Koansai Jumyo
JUMYO- Kanpo (1741) Mino 3rd in Kondo line
JUMYO- Horyaku (1751) Mino 4th in Kondo line
JUMYO- Anei (1772) to Kansei (1789) Mino 5th in Kondo line
MUNENAGA (SHIMIZU)- Kanbun (1661)
Noshu Shimizu Ju Jumyo Munenaga
SADATSUJI (SHIMIZU)- Keicho (1596)
Noshu Shimizu Ju Sadatsuji
OWARI no KUNI
A Map Showing the Position of Owari Province
OWARI-JUMYO
In the Koto period there was a group of smiths in Sai county of Mino derived from the Ko-Seki line that are known as the Jumyo Ha of Mino or the Shimizu Ha (the name of the village). There was a migration of many Mino smiths to Owari (Bishu) during the transitional period when the Imagawa clan was defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu and Takeda Shingen and Hideyoshi's general Fukushima Masanori was in control of the province of Owari. The Jumyo Ha (in the person of the Shodai-Kondo Sukezaemon {Iwamaki Jumyo}) moved to Kiyosu (Keicho era) and eventually to Nagoya (Kanei5-1628) where a new castle had been built by Tokugawa Ieyasu (finished 1614). The Shodai received the title "Tango no Kami" in Nagoya This Ha lasted aprox. five generations in the Shinto period.
LINEAGE
SHODAI- b. Tensho7 (1579) in Mino. Lived in Shimizu and was first in the Ishikiri line. d. 1663 (84) in Nagoya.
signed- Noshu Ju Jumyo, Ganmaki Jumyo, Tango No Kami Fujiwara Jumyo
NIDAI- extant around Tenwa (1681-1684) to Genroku (1688-1704)
signed- nijimei, Hokkyo Koansai (later)
SANDAI- d.Kanpo Mizunoto1 (Year of the Boar) 1743
signed- nijimei
YONDAI- d. An'ei Kanoe-ne (Year of the Rat) 1780
signed- nijimei
GODAI- extant around Anei (1772-1781) to Kyowa (1801-1804)
signed-nijimei
OSHIGATA
KOTO SHINTO SHINTO
Jumyo (Seki) Kozuke no Kami Fujiwara Jumyo Hokkyo Koansai FujiwaraJumyo
from Fujishiro from Minoto, Swords and Swordsmiths of Mino Prov., Cox from Fujishiro
from Minoto Taikan from Minoto Taikan from Minoto Taikan
from AOI-ART from Toko Taikan Ju20 Ju31