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Master smiths summoned by Retired Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽上皇) to serve monthly rotations forging swords at the imperial court, ca. Jōgen–Jōkyū (1208–1221). A cross-school honor: each smith retains his own school (, Fukuoka , , etc.). The linked school NS- holds only Go-Toba's own Kiku gyōsaku blades.
Other artisans of the Fukuoka Ichimonji school
Sukenobu（助延） was a Japanese swordsmith of the Fukuoka Ichimonji school in Bizen province, active during the Kenkyu (1190-1199) period.
The work follows the Bizen-den tradition.