SHINTO SHIMOHARA: ITAME-MASAME HADA. MOKUME. SUGUHA, HIRO-SUGU GUNOME-MIDARE BA, and HAKO-MIDARE forms. KO-NIE and KO-ASHI.
HIROSHIGE(1) BUN-ROKU (br: TERUSHIGE): YAMAMOTO SHINSHICHIRO. SUGUHA, GUNOME with ASHI, clear NIOI and KO-NIE. BUSHU JU HIROSHIGE BUSHU SHIMOHARA JU HIROSHIGE
HIROSHIGE(2) KAN-EI: YAMAMOTO TOUEMON. Elder brother of first generation. Also signed MASASHIGE. KANEI JUROKU 1639, he was awarded SAGAMInoKAMI. BUSHU SHIMOHARA JU HIRSHIGE SAGAMInoKAMI FUJIWARA HIROSHIGE
HIROSHIGE(3) KAN-BUN (f: HIROSHIGE2): YAMAAMOTO HANJURO. In TEI-KYO NINEN 1685, he made the JINTO battle-sword for MITO MITSUKUNI, the great intellect and writer of the DAI NIHON SHI, complete history of Japan. For this, he was awarded the use of nom, MUNEKUNI. BUSHU SHIMOHARA JU HIROSHIGE SAGAMInoKAMI FUJIWARA MUNEKUNI
HIROSHIGE - YASUKUNI GEN-WA (f: HIROSHIGE(1): Second son. YAMAMOTO KINZAEMON. Studied under OMURA KABOKU and changed his name from HIROSHIGE to MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI.See OMURA From his time with Kaboku he took, BOKUSUKE. Was involved in produucing MITO MITSUKUNI's HAITO and was invited to make sword in the hgouse of TOGAWA SATOTOMI. YASUKUNI dies in KYOHO GONEN 1720, 81 years. ITAME with MASAME. JI-NIE. SUGUHA and SANBONSUGI. NIOI-DEKI GUNOME CHOJI in KO-NIE, or more exuberant GUNOME O-MIDARE with ARA-NIE and NIE-KUZURE BA. UTSURI in the YAKIDASHI. MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI MOTTE NABMBAN TETSU MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI KITAE
YASUKUNI(2) ENKYO: SHIMOHARA JU. YAMAMOTO KOKURA. First signed, YASUHIDE. Either YASU. Also used MUSASHI TARO. Swords made are like his father's. MUSASHI TARO YASUKUNI
HIROSHIGE KAN-EI: YAMAMOTO SHINBEI. Third son of HIROSHIGE(1). Worked from KAN-EI until his death in KANBUN NINEN, 1662. His is the second line of HIROSHIGE. Under him are: HIROSHIGE(2) YAMAMOTO SHINBEI. KANBUN to GEN-ROKU. HIROSHIGE(3) YAMAMOTO MANUEMON. KYO-HO. HIROSHIGE(4) YAMAMOTO HYOUEMON. EN-KYO. HIROSHIGE(5) YAMAMOTO TOHACHI. MEI-WA. HIROSHIGE(6) YAMAMOTO SHOGORO. BUN-KA. HIROSHIGE(7) YAMAMOTO SAICHI. AN-SEI to the MEIJI.
KANENAGA GEN-ROKU (f: SHIMOHARA KANENAGA): Worked in EDO. KANENAGA (KANE: Hiragana) BUSHU KANDA JU SANSHIRO KANENAGA BUSHU EDO JU KANENAGA (KANE: Hiragana)