Nakajima Rai

中島来
Province:Settsu
Start Era:Gentoku (1329-1331)

Description:

Nakajima Rai school was founded by Rai Kuninaga, a student of Rai Kunitoshi.

It is said that smiths from this group became known as Nakajima Rai after moving from Kyoto to Nakajima 中島 of Settsu province at around Gentoku (1329).

Smiths

Namesort icon Kanji Generation Start Era Teacher Ref
Tomotsuna [TOM274] 友綱 2nd Ōei (1394-1428) Tomotsuna
Tomotsuna [TOM273] 友綱 1st Ōan (1368-1375) ND
Munenaga [MUN288] 宗長 1st Ōei (1394-1428) Kuninaga
Kuninaga [KUN779] 國長 3rd Eikyō (1429-1441)
Kuninaga [KUN778] 國長 2nd Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
Kuninaga [KUN777] 國長 1st Gentoku (1329-1331)

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