Tegai
手掻派 (Tegai-ha)
The largest of the five Yamato schools: the smiths of the Tegai gate of the Tōdai-ji, with Kanenaga as founder.
Style and characteristics
The cleanest jigane and strongest nie of Yamato: ko-itame with masame and a nie chū-suguha with kuichigai-ba, hotsure and nijū-ba; the bōshi is often yakitsume. Blades with a high shinogi and the sobriety of the province.
History
Kanenaga, at the end of the Kamakura period, is considered its founder, and his followers repeated the character «Kane»: Kanekiyo, Kanetoshi, Kanesada. They worked for the Tōdai-ji. The Muromachi work is known as Sue-Tegai, and from this school came smiths who carried its manner to Mino, such as the Jumyō line.
Smiths of the school
- Jumyō 寿命
- Nanki Shigekuni 南紀重国
- Tango no Kami Jumyō 丹後守寿命
- Tegai Kanekiyo 手掻包清
- Tegai Kanenaga 包永