Senoo

妹尾
Province:Bitchū
Start Era:Genryaku (1184-1185)

Description:

(pronounced 'seh-no-oh').

Senoo is also sometimes written as 瀬尾. Founded by Aoe Noritaka 青江則高.

Smiths

Namesort icon Kanji Generation Start Era Teacher Ref
Yoshiie [YOS179] 吉家 Shōchū (1324-1326) NMK-1132-3
Yasuie [YAS116] 安家 Shōwa (1312-1317)
NMK-1045-13
SJS-730
Yasuie [YAS114] 安家 Kenji (1275-1278) NMK-1045-11
Tokizane [TOK28] 時眞 Ninji (1240-1243) Noritaka
NMK-608-8
SJS-669
Tamenori [TAM99] 爲則 Jishō (1177-1181)
NMK-550-2
SJS-654
Tamenobu [TAM93] 爲信 Kennin (1201-1204) Noritaka
NMK-549-14
SJS-654
Saneyuki [SAN376] 眞行 Einin (1293-1299)
NMK-393-22
SJS-547
Sanemori [SAN140] 眞守 Jōkyū (1219-1222) NMK-392-8
Sadayuki [SAD868] 貞行 Genō (1319-1321)
NMK-369-22
SJS-537
Noritsune [NOR404] 則常 Katei (1235-1238) NMK-745-6
Noritaka [NOR347] 則高 Genryaku (1184-1185) NMK-742-20
Naritaka [NAR121] 業高 Kagen (1303-1306) NMK-695-4
Naritaka [NAR120] 業高 Kōan (1278-1288)
NMK-695-3
SJS-465
Munesada [MUN356] 宗貞 Ninji (1240-1243)
SJS-422
NMK-951-8
Moriyasu [MOR419] 守安 Genō (1319-1321)
NMK-1014-9
SJS-387
Moritō [MOR313] 守遠 Jōkyū (1219-1222) Noritaka
NMK-1007-13
SJS-385
Morisada [MOR215] 守貞 Shōji (1199-1201) Noritaka
NMK-1000-15
SJS-383
Masatsune [MAS1223] 正恒 1st Genryaku (1184-1185)
SJS-341
NMK-867-6
Kaneyasu [KAN421] 包安 Bunpō (1317-1319)
SJS-197
NMK-117-7
Kaneyasu [KAN420] 包安 Kōchō (1261-1264) NMK-117-6

View swords attributed to this school

Tachi-mei

Sesko mentions that smiths of Senoo line signed their tachi with tachi-mei [1] (p. 496).


References

Yasumitsu from Senoo

Sesko also listed Yasumitsu 安光 from Engen era who signed 備州妹尾安光作 (see SESKO2012_INDEX-840). I wasn't able to find any other references to this smith.