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chabana choji |
茶花丁子
Lit. 'Tea Flowers'
A distinctive hamon of Hojoji School which resembles tea flowers with rounded, double-petal heads.
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choji midare |
丁子乱れ
A hamon consisting of choji shapes. The upper part of the midare is roundish, and the lower part constricted and narrow.
Variations:
ko-choji midare - small, clove-shaped, irregular pattern.
o-choji midare - large, clove-shaped, irregular pattern.
juka-choji midare - bag-shaped choji.
kawazuko choji midare - tadpole-shaped choji.
saka choji midare - slanting choji midare.
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gunome |
五の目
Series of waves which look like semicircles of equal or similar size. Depending on its size, this pattern can be referred to as:
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hako midare |
箱乱
Uneven box shaped hamon. See also: hakoba.
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hakoba |
箱刃
Box shaped hamon.
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hitatsura |
皆焼
Gunome midare or notare midare with tobiyaki spread across the width of the blade. Originated by Soshu swordsmiths during the Nanbokucho period. Then it could be seen on blades forged throughout the country.
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kataochi gunome |
肩落ち五の目
Flat topped gunome that slant in the same direction like saw teeth. Originated by Osafune Kagemitsu and continued by Kanemitsu. Also known as nokogiriba and nogirimidare.
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kawazuko choji midare |
蛙子丁子乱れ
Choji midare pattern with the peaks which resemble tadpoles.
It can be seen in the works of Osafune Mitsutada.
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kikusui |
菊水
'Chrysanthemum in the water'. This peculiar type of hamon made in Shinto times by smiths like Kawachi no kami Kunisuke and his followers.
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kuichigai ha |
喰違刃
Hamon line is broken crisscross lines of nie and nioi nibbled away.
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midare |
乱
Irregular. See midareba, choji midare.
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midareba |
乱刃
Irregular pattern of hamon. All hamon except [suguba] are midareba.
Sub-types of midareba:
ko-midare - small midare.
o-midare - large midare.
saka-midare - slanted midare.
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nogirimidare |
鋸乱れ
See kataochi gunome.
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nokogiriba |
鋸刃
See kataochi gunome.
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notare |
湾れ
An indulating pattern of gentle waves.
It can also be classified (by the wave amplitude) as:
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sanbon-sugi |
三本杉
(lit. 'three cedars') A sub-type of togari gunome with repeating three peaks which resemble cedar trees. Originated by Kanemoto II.
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sudareba |
簾刃
A hamon that resembles brush strokes, or a bamboo curtain. Sudareba is based on suguba or a shallow notare. Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi originated the pattern, and his followers maintained it.
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suguba |
直刃
Straight hamon. Suguba may be classified (according to the width of hamon) as:
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togari-gunome |
尖り互の目
Gunome in which the peaks are pointed and orderly. This pattern is found in the blades of Sue-Seki and related schools.
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toranba |
濤瀾刃
A hamon pattern resembling large, surging waves of the sea. Toran-midare - irregular toranba.
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uma-ha |
馬歯
Horse teeth shaped hamon pattern. Uma-midare stands for irregular uma-ha.
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yahazu |
矢筈
Hamon type resembling arrow notches or a fishtail. Yahazu midare - irregular yahazu.
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