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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
AKI1 Akihito Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前忠永
hizen tadanaga
AKI2 Akihito Tamba Shōtoku (1711-1716)
丹州口人
tanshū akihito
AKI2 Akihito Tamba Shōtoku (1711-1716)
丹波國藤原口人
tamba kuni fujiwara akihito
AKI3 Akihito Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
北野口人作
kitano akihito saku
AKI45 Akikane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
川瀬雅博昭兼
kawase masahiro akikane
AKI104 Akikuni Sagami Tenju (1375-1381)
秋國
akikuni
AKI105 Akikuni Koto (987-1596)
秋國
akikuni
AKI136 Akikuni Hyūga Tensho (1573-1592)
日州住長尾新五郎平朝臣顯國
nishū ju nagao shingorō taira ason akikuni
AKI136 Akikuni Hyūga Tensho (1573-1592)
日州住顯國
nishū ju akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
顯國
akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住左衛門顯國
chōshū ju saemon akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住左兵衛尉顯國
chōshū ju sabejō akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州瀬戸崎住人顯國
chōshū setosaki junin akikuni
AKI138 Akikuni Nagato Ōan (1368-1375) ND
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI138 Akikuni Nagato Ōan (1368-1375) ND
長州瀬戸崎住人顯國
chōshū setosaki junin akikuni
AKI139 Akikuni Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
長州瀬戸崎住人顯國
chōshū setosaki junin akikuni
AKI139 Akikuni Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
長州顯國
chōshū akikuni
AKI140 Akikuni Nagato Chōroku (1457-1460)
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI141 Akikuni Nagato Eiroku (1558-1570)
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI181 Akikuni Bingo Genji (1864-1865)
備後國龍泉子曉邦作
bingo kuni ryūsenshi akikuni saku
AKI47 Akikuni Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
四國三郎昭國
shikoku saburō akikuni
AKI48 Akikuni Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
四國三郎昭國
shikoku saburō akikuni
AKI48 Akikuni Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
近藤昭國
kondō akikuni
AKI106 Akimasa Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
秋正
akimasa
AKI107 Akimasa Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
相州住秋正
sōshū ju akimasa
AKI107 Akimasa Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
秋正
akimasa
AKI143 Akimasa Aki Bunan (1444-1449)
藝州南林住人顯正作
geishū minamibayashi junin akimasa saku
AKI50 Akimasa Fukushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
須賀川住顯正作
sukagawa ju akimasa saku
AKI50 Akimasa Fukushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
須賀川誠心齋藤原顯正作
sukagawa seishinsai fujiwara akimasa saku
AKI108 Akimitsu Harima Genbun (1736-1741)
播州姫路住丹治秋盈
banshū himeji ju tanji akimitsu
AKI144 Akimitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備前國長船顯光作
bizen kuni osafune akimitsu saku
AKI145 Akimitsu Ōmi Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
江州甘露住顯光
gōshū kanrō ju akimitsu
AKI146 Akimitsu Ōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
甘露顯光
kanrō akimitsu
AKI146 Akimitsu Ōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
甘露菅原顯光
kanrō sugawara akimitsu
AKI146 Akimitsu Ōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
江州住顯光
gōshu ju akimitsu
AKI24 Akimitsu Hyūga Shōwa (1926-1989)
日向住人明光作
hyuga junin akimitsu saku
AKI25 Akimitsu Koto (987-1596)
明光
akimitsu
AKI56 Akimitsu Shinano Ansei (1854-1860)
信州池田住昭光
shinshu ikeda ju akimitsu
AKI57 Akimitsu Suruga Shōwa (1926-1989)
駿河住昭光之作
suruga ju akimitsu kore saku
AKI166 Akimori Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
鑑盛
akimori
AKI166 Akimori Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
平鑑盛
taira akimori
AKI58 Akimori Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
明守作
akimori saku
AKI58 Akimori Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮城明守作
miyagi akimori saku
AKI60 Akimori Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野國田中昭盛
shimotsuke kuni tanaka akimori
AKI16 Akimoto Mutsu Ōei (1394-1428)
奥州舞草作見本
ōshū mokusa saku akimoto
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭宗作
akimune saku
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
今野昭宗
imano akimune
AKI130 Akinaga Bungo Genki (1570-1573)
平銘長
taira akinaga
AKI147 Akinaga Nagato Eikyō (1429-1441)
顯長
akinaga