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ID Name Province Era Mei
MIT346 Mitsuyo Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥前大村住人光世作
hizen ōmura junin mitsuyo saku
MIT346 Mitsuyo Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥州住光世作
hishū ju mitsuyo saku
MIT347 Mitsuyo Hizen Meiō (1492-1501)
肥前國大村住光世作
hizen kuni ōmura ju mitsuyo saku
MIT348 Mitsuyo Hizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
肥州住光世作
hishū ju mitsuyo saku
MIT349 Mitsuyo Hizen Eiroku (1558-1570)
肥州住光世
hishū ju mitsuyo
MIT353 Mitsuyo Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
秦光代作之
hata mitsuyo saku kore
MIT353 Mitsuyo Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥後守秦光代
higo no kami hata mitsuyo
MIT353 Mitsuyo Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
備州住秦光代
bishū ju hata mitsuyo
MIT359 Mitsuyoshi Bizen Ōnin (1467-1469)
備州長船住光吉
bishū osafune ju mitsuyoshi
MIT37 Mitsuharu Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
伊賀守藤原光治
iga no kami fujiwara mitsuharu
MIT37 Mitsuharu Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州住炭宮伊賀守藤原光治
kashū ju sumimiya iga no kami fujiwara mitsuharu
MIT37 Mitsuharu Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州金澤住炭宮伊賀守藤原光治
kashū kanazawa ju sumimiya iga no kami fujiwara mitsuharu
MIT372 Mitsuyoshi Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州住光良
bishū ju mitsuyoshi
MIT38 Mitsuharu Kaga Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守藤原光治
iga no kami fujiwara mitsuharu
MIT381 Mitsuyuki Echizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
越州敦賀住光行
esshū tsuruga ju mitsuyuki
MIT381 Mitsuyuki Echizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
越前敦賀光行
echizen kuni tsuruga mitsuyuki
MIT381 Mitsuyuki Echizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
越州府中住光行
esshū fuchu ju mitsuyuki
MIT46 Mitsuhira Musashi Keian (1648-1652)
日置光平造
heki mitsuhira tsukuru
MIT46 Mitsuhira Musashi Keian (1648-1652)
武州出羽守源光平
bushū dewa no kami minamoto mitsuhira
MIT49 Mitsuhiro Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船住光弘
bishū osafune ju mitsuhiro
MIT53 Mitsuhiro Echizen Genroku (1688-1704)
伊勢大掾下坂光廣
ise daijō shimosaka mitsuhiro
MIT57 Mitsuhiro Saga Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥前國光廣
hizen kuni mitsuhiro
MIT61 Mitsuhisa Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船光久
bishū osafune mitsuhisa
MIT65 Mitsuhisa Echizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
越州敦賀住光久
esshū tsuruga ju mitsuhisa
MIT65 Mitsuhisa Echizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
越前敦賀住光久
echizen tsuruga ju mitsuhisa
MIT66 Mitsuhisa Echizen Kōsho (1455-1457)
越州敦賀住光久
esshū tsuruga ju mitsuhisa
MIT72 Mitsuie Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船住光家
bishū osafune ju mitsuie
MIT79 Mitsukage Bizen Koryaku (1379-1381) ND
備前長船住光景
bizen osafune ju mitsukage
MIT79 Mitsukage Bizen Koryaku (1379-1381) ND
備州長船光景
bishū osafune mitsukage
MIT89 Mitsukane Ōmi Kagen (1303-1306)
来光包
rai mitsukane
MIT90 Mitsukane Ōmi Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
江州戸津住光包
gōshū totsu ju mitsukane
MIT96 Mitsukane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州志津住人源光兼
nōshū shizu junin minamoto mitsukane
MOC1 Mochikazu Tōtōmi Bunka (1804-1818)
近藤石見守用和
kondō iwami no kami mochikazu
MOR1000 Moritsune Bungo Eishō (1504-1521)
豊州高田住平盛常
hōshū takata ju taira moritsune
MOR1000 Moritsune Bungo Eishō (1504-1521)
平盛常
taira moritsune
MOR1000 Moritsune Bungo Eishō (1504-1521)
盛常作
moritsune saku
MOR1010 Moriyasu Chikuzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
源盛安
minamoto moriyasu
MOR102 Morikatsu Shimotsuke Kyōroku (1528-1532)
野州住藤原守勝
yashu ju fujiwara morikatsu
MOR102 Morikatsu Shimotsuke Kyōroku (1528-1532)
下野得二郎住守勝
shimotsuke tokujiro ju morikatsu
MOR102 Morikatsu Shimotsuke Kyōroku (1528-1532)
守勝作
morikatsu saku
MOR1028 Moriyoshi Chikuzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
源盛吉
minamoto moriyoshi
MOR1029 Moriyoshi Chikuzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
源盛吉作
minamoto moriyoshi saku
MOR1030 Moriyoshi Hizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
平戸住盛吉
hirado ju moriyoshi
MOR1031 Moriyoshi Hizen Bunan (1444-1449)
平戸住盛吉
hirado ju moriyoshi
MOR1032 Moriyoshi Hizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
肥前平戸住盛吉作
hizen hirado ju moriyoshi saku
MOR1036 Moriyoshi Hyūga Tenmon (1532-1555)
日州住盛吉作
nishū ju moriyoshi saku
MOR1038 Moriyoshi Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
延寿宣次源盛吉
enju nobutsugu minamoto moriyoshi
MOR1042 Moriyuki Bingo Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州住盛行
bishū ju moriyuki
MOR1044 Moriyuki Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
一乗盛行
ichijō moriyuki
MOR1045 Moriyuki Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
備州尾道五阿弥盛行
bishū onomichi goami moriyuki