KATSUIE (勝家), 1st gen., Ōei (応永, 1394-1428), Kaga – “Kashū-jū Katsuie” (加州住勝家), ancestor of the Darani school (陀羅尼), first name Saburō´emon (三郎右衛門), according to tradition the son or student of Chiyozuru Kuniyasu (千代鶴国安), Kuniyasu came once from Echizen to Kaga and founded there the Hashitsume line (橋爪) to which also Katsuie belonged

KATSUIE (勝家), 2nd gen., Bun´an (文安, 1444-1449), Kaga – “Kashū-jū Katsuie” (加州住勝家), first name Shinsuke (新助), itame mixed with masame, blackish jigane, suguha with ko-gunome or gunome-midare with sunagashi

KATSUIE (勝家), 3rd gen., Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Kaga – “Katsuie” (勝家), first name Chūsuke (忠助, also reads Tadasuke), gunome with sunagashi, ryō-wazamono

KATSUIE (勝家), 4th gen., Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Kaga – “Katsuie saku” (勝家作), “Kashū Fujiwara Katsuie” (加州藤原勝家), first name Zenzaburō (善三郎), we know blades from the Tenbun to the Eiroku era (永禄, 1558-1570), gunome-midare, suguha mixed with ko-gunome, notare and sunagashi

KATSUIE (勝家), 5th gen., Tenshō (天正, 1573-1592), Kaga – “Kashū-jū Darani Katsuie” (加州住陀羅尼勝家), “Izumo no Kami Katsuie” (出雲守勝家), “Katsuie” (勝家), real name Matsuto Shinsuke (松戸新助), he changed his first name late to Chūsuke (忠助, also reads Tadasuke) and Saburō´emon (三郎右衛門), he was the first of this lineage who signed with the supplement Darani, gunome-midare, ryō-wazamono, chū-saku