Ishidō
石堂派 (Ishidō-ha)
The school that set out to revive Ichimonji in the Edo period: a nioi chōji with utsuri, spread across Edo, Kii, Ōsaka and Chikuzen.
Style and characteristics
A nioi chōji-midare hamon, sometimes very broad, with midare-utsuri in the jigane, which is a ko-itame with some nagare and masame in the shinogi-ji. It is shintō’s most deliberate attempt to recover the Fukuoka Ichimonji style.
History
Its smiths presented themselves as descendants of the Bizen Ichimonji settled beside the Ishidō-ji temple in Ōmi. In the Edo period the school split into branches: Edo, with Korekazu; Kii; Ōsaka, with Tatara Nagayuki; and Chikuzen, in Fukuoka, with Moritsugu and Koretsugu.
Smiths of the school
- Chikuzen Moritsugu 筑前守次
- Fujiwara Motohisa 藤原元久
- Fukuoka Morimasa 守昌
- Heki Mitsuhira 日置光平
- Ishidō Korekazu 石堂是一
- Ishidō Korekazu 石堂運寿是一
- Musashi Daijō Korekazu 武蔵大掾是一
- Sasaki Ippō 佐々木一峯