KUNISHIGE (国重), 1st gen., Kenmu (建武, 1334-1338), Yamashiro – “Hasebe Kunishige” (長谷部国重), real name Hasebe Chōbei (長谷部長兵衛), it is said that he came originally from Yamato province where his ancestors lived in Nara´s Hatsuse (初瀬
KUNISHIGE (国重), 2nd gen., Enbun (延文, 1356-1361), Yamashiro – “Hasebe Kunishige” (長谷部国重), real name Hasebe Chōbei (長谷部長兵衛), he is also listed with the first name Chōbei Jirō (長兵衛次郎), son of the 1st gen. Kunishige, he lived also in Kyōto´s Inokuma, we know blades from the Jōwa (貞和, 1345-1350) to the Ōan era (応安, 1368-1375),
KUNINOBU (国信), Jōji (貞治, 1362-1368), Yamashiro – “Hasebe Kuninobu” (長谷部国信), second son of the 1st gen. Kunishige (国重), there exists the theory that he changed his name to Kunishige too in his later years, in the records we find also the name Ayanokōji Yatarō (綾小路弥太郎) associated with Kuninobu, we know date signatures from the second year of Enbun (延文, 1357) and the second year of Kentoku (建徳, 1371), almost all blades are hira-zukuri ko-wakizashi with a wide mihaba and a thin kasane,
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