Ayano Koji School - Ayano Koji

...Furthermore, around the Kencho era (1249-56), Kunitsuna was invited by Hojo Tokiyori to make swords in Kamakura, and is said to have laid the foundation for Sagami blacksmithing (Sagami products), and Yoshimitsu in his later years was famous as a master of short swords. Meanwhile, at the same time, the Ayakoji school, including Sadatsugu and Sadakichi, was on Shijo Oji, and from the middle to the Nanboku-cho period, the Rai school, founded by Kuniyuki, flourished. One theory is that the ancestors of the Rai school were naturalized immigrants from Goryeo, and many of their inscriptions begin with the character "rai," such as Rai Kunitsune, Rai Kunimitsu, Rai Kunitsugu, Rai Rinku, and Rai Kuninaga. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ayakoji School" is listed below.

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…さらに建長(1249‐56)ころの国綱は北条時頼の招きにより鎌倉で作刀し，相州鍛冶(相州物)の基を築いたと伝え，末期の吉光は短刀の名手として名高い。一方，同じころ四条大路には定利，定吉ら綾小路派がおり，中期から南北朝時代にかけては国行を祖とする来（らい）派が栄えた。来派は一説に先祖が高麗からの帰化人といい，銘に来国俊，来国光，来国次，来倫国，来国長など〈来〉の字を冠するものが多い。…

※「綾小路派」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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