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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
0000-0201 Munetsugu
明治ニ年八月日
meiji 2 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1027 Masakiyo
(一葉葵紋) 主水正藤原正清
(crest) mondonosho fujiwara ason masakiyo
0000-1035 Yukihide
(梵字) 越智勝好帯
(bonji) ochi katsuyoshi obiru
KAN3112 Kaneyoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
(花押)
seki ju kaneyoshi saku (kao)
KAN3113 Kaneyoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
(花押)
seki ju okada kaneyoshi saku (kao)
NAG141 Nagayoshi Kōzuke Meiji (1868-1912)
(菊) 一龍齋藤原永吉
(kiku) ichiryūsai fujiwara nagayoshi
0000-1443 kawachi (no) kami sukesada
(菊紋 一) 河内守祐定
(kiku mon ichi) kawachi (no) kami sukesada
ICH11 Ichi Bizen Kōchō (1261-1264)
(菊紋) 一
(kiku) ichi
KAN2637 Kanetoshi Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
(菊紋) 一文字
(kiku) ichimonji
0000-0766 Yasuhiro
(菊紋) 備中守橘康廣
(kiku) bitchū no kami tachibana yasuhiro
0000-1128 Shinkai
(菊紋) 延宝二年二月日
(kiku) enpo 2 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0674 Masateru
(菊紋) 法城寺越前守橘正照
(kiku) hōjōji echizen no kami tachibana masateru
NOB586 Nobuyoshi Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
(菊紋) 高井越前守源来信吉
(kiku) takai echizen no kami minamoto rai nobuyoshi
0000-0511 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-0510 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-1346 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-1347 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-1170 Kanenaga
(金象嵌) 本多平八郎忠為所持之
honda heihachirō tadatoki shōji kore
0000-1223 Kagemitsu
(金象嵌) 本多平八郎忠為所持之
honda heihachirō tadatoki shōji kore
0000-0821 Yasutsugu
[金象嵌] 二ツ筒落 中川左平太 (花押)
[kinzogan] ... nakagawa saheita (kao)
0000-0489 Namioyogi Kanemitsu
hashiba okayama chunagon hideaki shoji
KAI1 Kaimoto Koto (987-1596)
kaibon
0000-1435 Kanehide
kanehide showa 10 nen 5 gatsu hi
0000-0489 Namioyogi Kanemitsu
namioyogi matsudai no ken kanemitsu nari
0000-1435 Kanehide
nōshū seki nihonto tanren juku kin saku
0000-0495 Ō-Mihara
o-mihara futatsudo asano kii no kami hairyo
0000-0498 Chō Samonji
sa suriage kotoku (kakihan)
0000-0078 Natagiri Taema
showa
0000-1135 Akihiro
□□□年正□□
? ? ? nen shō ? ?
0000-0394 Futatsu Mei Norimune
□□國則宗
? ? kuni norimune
KAN1577 Kanemoto Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
ちこ六孫兼元
makoroku mago kanemoto
DAI60 Daisuke Hokkaidō Kanei (1624-1644)
アツケシ土人大助
atsukeshi dojin daisuke
ICH15 Ichi Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
ichi
NAO264 Naomune Bizen Karoku (1225-1227)
ichi
0000-0770 Yoshioka Ichimonji Tachi
ichi
ICH19 Ichi Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
ichi
ICH18 Ichi Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
ichi
ICH17 Ichi Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
ichi
ICH12 Ichi Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
ichi
ICH13 Ichi Bizen Shōchū (1324-1326)
ichi
ICH9 Ichi Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
ichi
ICH8 Ichi Bizen Kangen (1243-1247)
ichi
ICH7 Ichi Bizen Teiō (1222-1224)
ichi
ICH6 Ichi Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
ichi
ICH5 Ichi Bitchū Teiō (1222-1224)
ichi
0000-0584 Uesugi-Tachi / 上杉太刀
ichi
0000-1314 Naomune
ichi
0000-1353 Ichi
ichi
0000-1355 Ichi
ichi
0000-1361 Ichi
ichi