Miike
三池派 (Miike-ha)
One of the oldest schools of Kyūshū: Mitsuyo, maker of the Ōdenta, one of the tenka goken.
Style and characteristics
Tachi with a wide mihaba and thick kasane, of powerful shape, with an itame jigane with masame and a ko-nie suguha hamon with ko-midare and hotsure. The tang often bears a groove of its own, the Miike-hi.
History
Mitsuyo, also called Tenta, worked at the end of the Heian period; he is the maker of the tachi Ōdenta, which passed to the Maeda house and is one of the tenka goken. The school continued at Miike under the name Mitsuyo and others until the end of the Muromachi period.
Smiths of the school
- Miike Mitsuyo 三池光世
Famous swords
- Ōdenta Mitsuyo 大典太光世