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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
OKI1 Okimasa Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
起正作
okimasa saku
SAN35 Sanehira Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國住加藤真平作
musashi kuni ju katō sanehira saku
SAN35 Sanehira Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國加藤長左衛門真平作
musashi kuni katō chosaemon sanehira saku
SHI907 Shigetsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
一貫齋繁繼
ikkansai shigetsugu
SHI907 Shigetsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
笠間繁繼
kasama shigetsugu
SHI910 Shigesuke Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
稠助作
shigesuke saku
SHO24 Shohei Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭平
shohei
SHO25 Shōji Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉原莊二作之
yoshihara shōji saku kore
SUK2 Sukehide Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
源介秀
minamoto sukehide
SUK2 Sukehide Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
友秀造
tomohide tsukuru
SUK2 Sukehide Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國住源介秀造之
musashi kuni ju minamoto sukehide tsukuru kore
SUK2 Sukehide Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武州源介秀之造
bishū minamoto sukehide kore tsukuru
SUK2 Sukehide Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國金子三代太郎源介秀
musashi kuni kinko sandai tarō minamoto sukehide
SUK689 Sukehiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
天奎子祐弘
tenkeishi sukehiro
SUK978 Suketsune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
龍青子祐恒
ryūseishi suketsune saku
TAD253 Tadatsugu Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
忠次作
tadatsugu saku
TAD255 Tadatsugu Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
忠次作
tadatsugu saku
TAI14 Tairyūshi Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
泰龍子寛次
tairyūshi hirotsugu
TAK258 Takenori Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武徳
takenori
YAS1034 Yasutake Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
東都住靖武
tōto ju yasutake
TOS313 Toshihiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮口一貫齋壽廣
miyaguchi ikkansai toshihiro
TSU432 Tsunetoshi Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮口一貫齋恒壽作
miyaguchi ikkansai tsunetoshi saku
YAS1033 Yasuaki Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
靖要
yasuaki
YAS1037 Yasutoshi Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
梶山靖利謹作
kajiyama yasutoshi kin saku
YAS1038 Yasuhiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
靖廣
yasuhiro
YAS1038 Yasuhiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮口靖廣
miyaguchi yasuhiro
YAS1038 Yasuhiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮口一貫齋壽廣
miyaguchi ikkansai toshihiro
YAS1041 Yasunobu Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
靖延
yasunobu
YAS1044 Yasutoku Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
梶山靖徳謹作
kajiyama yasutoku kin saku
YAS1046 Yasuoki Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國府中住靖興作
musashi kuni funaka ju yasuoki saku
YAS1048 Yasutake Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
靖武
yasutake
YAS1049 Yasutoshi Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
梶山靖利作
kajiyama yasutoshi saku
YAS797 Yasuhiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
康宏
yasuhiro
YOS1067 Yoshichika Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
源良近鍛之
minamoto yoshichika tan kore
YOS1354 Yoshiaki Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
塚本一貫子喜昭作
tsukamoto ikkanshi yoshiaki saku
YOS1469 Yoshihito Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉原義人作
yoshiwara yoshihito saku
MAS478 Masamine Tokyo Keiō (1865-1868)
鳥海麿正峰
chōkaimaro masamine
MAS381 Masakiyo Tokushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
一刀齋正清之作
itōsai masakiyo kore saku
NAG461 Nagatoshi Tokushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
清心子長壽造之
seishinshi nagatoshi tsukuru kore
NAG461 Nagatoshi Tokushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
清心子長壽作
seishinshi nagatoshi saku
SAD717 Sadatoshi Tokushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
清心子貞壽造之
seishinshi sadatoshi tsukuru kore
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
鉄火入道昭秀作
tekka nyudo akihide saku
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
源昭秀作之
minamoto akihide saku kore
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
栗原昭秀謹作之
kurihara akihide kin saku kore
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野住人栗原彦三郎昭秀作之
shimotsuke junin kurihara hikosaburō akihide saku kore
AKI60 Akimori Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野國田中昭盛
shimotsuke kuni tanaka akimori
AKI74 Akitomo Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭福
akitomo
MAS1416 Masayoshi Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
野州住細川正義
yashū ju hosokawa masayoshi
TAD109 Tadamasa Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
忠正
tadamasa
YOS56 Yoshifusa Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野住佐藤吉房
shimotsuke ju satō yoshifusa