Iwato Ichimonji

岩戸一文字
Tradition:Bizen
Province:Bizen
Start Era:Shōchū (1324-1326)

Description:

This school is also known as Shōchū Ichimonji 正中一文字 (after Shōchū era, 1324-1326). As Honma Junji wrote in Nihon Koto Shi:

Quote:
By the way, there is another school called ‘Shōchū-Ichimonji’ (正中一文字) that includes Yoshiuji (吉氏) and Yoshiie (吉家) who lived in Iwato-no-sho (岩戸荘). I think they should be called ‘Iwato-Ichimonji’ (岩戸 一文字) in order to avoid confusion between them and the Yoshioka-Ichimonji smiths, since both of them were active in the same age.

For the sake of consistency this school will be referred to as Iwato Ichimonji.

Smiths

Namesort icon Kanji Generation Start Era Teacher Ref
Yukiuji [YUK592] 行氏 Eiwa (1375-1379) ND

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