Awataguchi

粟田口
Tradition:Yamashiro
Province:Yamashiro
Start Era:Genryaku (1184-1185)
End Era:Kareki (1326-1329)

Description:

A group of excellent smiths who worked from the early to the mid-Kamakura period in Yamashiro province. Awataguchi school was founded by Kuniie in Awataguchi district of Kyoto near Seiren-In temple [1].

He had six sons: Kunitomo, Hisakuni, Kuniyasu, Kunikiyo, Arikuni, and Kunitsuna (from elder to younger, the first three smiths are the members of Gotoba In Goban Kaji) [2].


References

Smiths

Name Kanjisort icon Generation Start Era Teacher Ref
Shintōgo Kunimitsu [KUN539] 國光 2nd Einin (1293-1299) Kunimitsu
Kunimitsu [KUN540] 國光 3rd Shōwa (1312-1317) Kunimitsu
Kunimitsu [KUN556] 國光 Kanki (1229-1232)
Kunitomo [KUN1339] 國友 Bunji (1185-1190) Kuniie
Awataguchi Kuniyoshi [KUN1828] 國吉 Kenji (1275-1278)
Kuniyasu [KUN1701] 國安 Shōji (1199-1201) Kuniie
Kunisada [KUN907] 國定 Ninji (1240-1243)
Kuniie [KUN293] 國家 Kenkyū (1190-1199)
Kuninobu [KUN814] 國延 Shōgen (1259-1260) Kuniyoshi
Kunisue [KUN1234] 國末 Jōkyū (1219-1222)
Kunikiyo [KUN387] 國清 Kennin (1201-1204) Kuniie
Kunitsuna [KUN1640] 國綱 Shōji (1199-1201)
Kunitsuna [KUN1642] 國綱 Kōan (1278-1288) Yoshimasa
Kuniyori [KUN1739] 國頼 Bunji (1185-1190)
Tsunetō [TSU485] 常遠 Tenpuku (1233-1234)
Nobumitsu [NOB58] 延光 Kōan (1278-1288)
Awataguchi Tadayoshi [TAD300] 忠吉 Kencho (1249-1256) Hisakuni
Tadaie [TAD55] 忠家 Shōhei (1346-1370)
Tadatsugu [TAD256] 忠次 Tenpuku (1233-1234)
Tadatsugu [TAD257] 忠次 Katei (1235-1238)

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