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SCHOOL of TADAYOSHI
(1598-1871)

1st "MUSASHI DAIJO" TADAYOSHI
(1572 - 15 Aug 1632) * see note below

"KAWACHI DAIJO" MASAHIRO
(1607 - 5 Feb 1665)

"TOSA no KAMI" TADAYOSHI
(? – Circa 1634)

2nd "OMI DAIJO" TADAHIRO
(1614 - 27 May 1693)

3rd "MUTSU no KAMI" TADAYOSHI
(1636 - 2 Jan 1686)

4th "OMI DAIJO " TADAYOSHI
(1667 - 5 Sep 1747)

5th "OMI no KAMI" TADAYOSHI
(1696 - 15 Jun 1775)

6th "OMI no KAMI" TADAYOSHI
(1736 - 6 Dec 1815)

7th (Tadasaemonjo Tadahiro) TADAHIRO
(1770 - 28 Feb 1816)

8th (Shinsaemonjo…) TADAYOSHI
(1801 - 26 May 1859)

9th (Hyakutaro…) TADAYOSHI
(1832 - 27 Dec 1880)

[Last Tadayoshi swordsmith stopped work in 1871]

10th (Kinichi) TADAYOSHI
(18 Sep 1860 - 22 Dec 1909)

11th (Tetsuji) TADAYOSHI
(1883 - 16 Jun 1936)

*Note: The above gives the colloquial names of the Tadayoshi smiths. The 1st gen. Tadayoshi was commonly known as Musashi Daijo, but he only signed "Musashi Daijo" on his Tadahiro mei.

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