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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
0000-0908 Kiju
享保五年八月吉日
kyōhō 5 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu
0000-0748 Kiju
享保十六春於和州郡山造之
kyōhō 16 haru oite washū goriyama tsukuru kore
0000-1148 Masayuki
享和三年亥八月七十一歳造
kyōwa 3 nen i 8 gatsu 71 sai tsukuru
0000-0680 Kiyonori
享徳四年三月日
kyōtoku 4 nen 3 gatsu hi
YUK777 Yukishige Yamashiro Kaei (1848-1854)
京住周防高橋基之進幸重鍛
kyō ju suō takahashi motonoshin yukishige kitau
TER92 Terunaga Yamashiro Bunka (1804-1818)
京住春田三正丸源輝長
kyo ju haruta sanshōmaru minamoto terunaga
ARI45 Arikuni Kawachi Shōryaku (990-995)
京有國作
kiyo arikuni saku
YOS686 Yoshinori Yamashiro Kyōtoku (1452-1455)
京都三条住人吉則
kyoto sanjo junin yoshinori
YOS396 Yoshimichi Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
京都丹波守吉道
kyoto tamba no kami yoshimichi
KUN780 Kuninaga Yamashiro Enbun (1356-1361) ND
京都住人菅原國長作
kyoto junin sugawara kuninaga saku
NAG156 Naga Yamashiro Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
京都住人菅原長作
kyoto junin sugawara naga saku
NAG522 Nagayoshi Yamashiro Kōkoku (1340-1346)
京都住人菅原長吉
kyoto junin sugawara nagayoshi
MAS1557 Masamori Aki Kanei (1624-1644)
今村武蔵守政盛
imamura musashi no kami masamori
NOB172 Nobuhide Iyo Keiō (1865-1868)
今治藩越智信秀
imaharu-han ochi nobuhide
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
今野昭宗
imano akimune
YOR11 Yorihisa Yamashiro Bunki (1501-1504)
仍久作
yorihisa saku
NOB547 Nobutsugu Mutsu Keiō (1865-1868)
仙台住藤原信次造
sendai ju fujiwara nobutsugu tsukuru
KAN367 Kanetomo Mutsu Bunkyū (1861-1864)
仙臺住包知
sendai ju kanetomo
KAN113 Kanekura Mutsu Manen (1860-1861)
仙臺住包藏
sendai ju kanekura
MOR378 Moritsugu Rikuzen Keiō (1865-1868)
仙臺住守次造之
sendai ju moritsugu tsukuru kore
YAS458 Yasutomo Rikuzen Hōei (1704-1711)
仙臺住安倫
sendai ju yasutomo
YAS459 Yasutomo Rikuzen Kanpō (1741-1744)
仙臺住安倫
sendai ju yasutomo
YAS461 Yasutomo Rikuzen Kansei (1789-1801)
仙臺住安倫
sendai ju yasutomo
NAG106 Nagashige Mutsu Taishō (1912-1926)
仙臺住白龍子永繁
sendai ju hyakuryūshi nagashige
NAO206 Naotsugu Mutsu Ansei (1854-1860)
仙臺住直次
sendai ju naotsugu
KAN316 Kaneshige Mutsu Ansei (1854-1860)
仙臺住藤原包重
sendai ju fujiwara kaneshige
KUN317 Kunikane Rikuzen Genji (1864-1865)
仙臺住藤原國包
sendai ju fujiwara kunikane
KUN316 Kunikane Rikuzen Kōka (1844-1848)
仙臺住藤原國包作
sendai ju kunikane saku
TOS372 Toshitsugu Mutsu Keiō (1865-1868)
仙臺住藤原壽次
sendai ju fujiwara toshitsugu
NAG421 Nagashige Rikuzen Genji (1864-1865)
仙臺冶工田代長重
sendai yakō tashirō nagashige
SAD709 Sadatoshi Iwashiro Ansei (1854-1860)
仙臺白石貞俊
sendai shiraishi sadatoshi
NOB546 Nobutsugu Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
仙都住信次
sento ju nobutsugu
DAI70 Dainoki Yamashiro Koto (987-1596)
代之鬼
dainoki
TEN4 Tenki Yamashiro Kōan (1278-1288)
代天鬼
shirō tenki
0000-0768 Yoshikane
以南蛮鉄作之
motte nanban tetsu saku kore
0000-0779 Yasutsugu
以南蛮鉄於武州江戸越前康継
motte nanban tetsu oite bushū edo echizen yasutsugu
0000-1031 Yasutsugu
以南蛮鉄於武州江戸越前康継
motte nanban tetsu oite bushū edo echizen yasutsugu
0000-0757 Moritsugu
以南蛮鉄造之 天和四年二月日
motte nanban tetsu tsukuru kore tenna 4 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0767 Yasutsugu
以南蛮鐵
motte nanban tetsu
TAK182 Takamichi Owari Meireki (1655-1658)
以南蛮鐵大和守源貴道作
motte nanban tetsu yamato no kami minamoto takamichi saku
YAS974 Yasutsugu Musashi Keichō (1596-1615)
以南蛮鐵於武州江戸越前康繼
motte nanban tetsu oite bushu edo echizen yasutsugu
YAS167 Yasukuni Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
以南蛮鐵武蔵太郎安國鍛
motte nanban tetsu musashi tarō yasukuni kitau
KAN255 Kanenori Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
以南蛮鐵筑後守藤原包則
motte nanban tetsu chikugo no kami fujiwara kanenori
AKI82 Akitsuna Shōwa (1926-1989)
以南蛮鐵近江守昭綱造
motte nanban tetsu omi no kami akitsuna tsukuru
KUN350 Kunikazu Rikuchu Bunkyū (1861-1864)
以南部大橋山餅鐵盛岡藩國多
motte nambu ohashiyama mochitetsu morioka-ban kunikazu
0000-1429 Sadanori
以降鐵作
motte kōtetsu saku
TAD21 Tadachika Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
仲鍛冶下坂忠親
nakakaji shimosaka tadachika
TOM399 Tomoyori Yamato Jōkyū (1219-1222)
任便
tomoyori
TO15 Tōshi Koto (987-1596)
任便
tōshi
YOS573 Yoshinaga Ise Bunkyū (1861-1864)
伊勢國住吉永
ise kuni ju yoshinaga