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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
KAT53 Katsuie Kaga Jokyō (1684-1688)
加州住陀羅尼勝家
kashū ju darani katsuie
KAT53 Katsuie Kaga Jokyō (1684-1688)
加州住橘勝家
kashū ju tachibana katsuie
KAT54 Katsuie Kaga Kyōhō (1716-1736)
加州住陀羅尼橘勝家作
kashū ju darani tachibana katsuie saku
KAT3 Katsuichi Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上毛高坂家士震鱗子克一
kamitsuke takasaki yakashi shinrinshi katsuichi
KAT3 Katsuichi Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上野國震鱗子克一
kodzuke kuni shinrinshi katsuichi
KAT3 Katsuichi Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上野國高坂刀匠震鱗子克一
kodzuke kuni takasaki tōshō shinrinshi katsuichi
KAT57 Katsuhisa Yamato Tenpyō (729-749)
勝一
katsuhisa
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
野州足利住勝廣
yashū ashikaga ju katsuhiro
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
勝廣造
katsuhiro tsukuru
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野得次郎住勝廣
shimotsuke tokujirō ju katsuhiro
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
野州住足利庄勝廣
yashū ju ashikaga-shō katsuhiro
KAT28 Katsuhiro Tosa Bunsei (1818-1830)
土州高知住勝廣作之
toshū takachi ju katsuhiro saku kore
KAT28 Katsuhiro Tosa Bunsei (1818-1830)
土州関田勝廣鍛之
toshū sekita katsuhiro tan kore
KAN1 Kansuke Bungo Tenpō (1830-1844)
南豊住干祐
nanhō ju kansuke
KAN6 Kanshirō Uzen Bunka (1804-1818)
加藤勘四郎國秀
kato kanshirō kunihide
KAN2 Kanri Shinano Bunsei (1818-1830)
天然子完利
tennenshi kanri
KAN2 Kanri Shinano Bunsei (1818-1830)
信濃山浦完利
shinano yamaura kanri
KAN10 Kanpō Rikuchu Ōei (1394-1428)
閑峰
kanpō
KAN11 Kanju Tōtōmi Bunji (1185-1190)
助眞
sukezane
KAN11 Kanju Tōtōmi Bunji (1185-1190)
菅次
sugetsugu
KAN11 Kanju Tōtōmi Bunji (1185-1190)
伊平
korehira
KAN11 Kanju Tōtōmi Bunji (1185-1190)
關東
kanto
KAN11 Kanju Tōtōmi Bunji (1185-1190)
菅次院南中
kanjiin nanchu
KAN5 Kanjo Shinano Kanbun (1661-1673)
信國勘助
nobukuni kanjo
KAN484 Kanezō Rikuzen Kaei (1848-1854)
奥州仙臺住包蔵
ōshū sendai ju kanezō
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
兼眞
kanezane
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住藤原兼眞作
seki jū fujiwara kanezane saku
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州関住藤原兼眞作
nōshū seki jū fujiwara kanezane saku
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住浅野兼眞作
nōshū jū asano kanezane saku
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住浅野兼眞作之
nōshū jū asano kanezane saku kore
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃刕住浅野兼眞作
nōshū jū asano kanezane saku
KAN289 Kanezane Bizen Kōsho (1455-1457)
備州長船包眞
bishū osafune kanezane
KAN292 Kanezane Izumi Kyōroku (1528-1532)
泉州住包眞
senshū ju kanezane
KAN292 Kanezane Izumi Kyōroku (1528-1532)
泉州住包眞作
senshū ju kanezane saku
KAN292 Kanezane Izumi Kyōroku (1528-1532)
南都住藤原包眞
nanto ju fujiwara kanezane
KAN295 Kanezane Yamato Kōan (1361-1362) ND
大和住包眞
yamato ju kanezane
KAN296 Kanezane Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
藤原包眞
fujiwara kanezane
KAN297 Kanezane Yamato Kakitsu (1441-1444)
和州包眞作
washū kanezane saku
KAN298 Kanezane Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
藤原包眞作
fujiwara kanezane saku
KAN298 Kanezane Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
大和國住孫四郎藤原包眞
yamato kuni ju magoshirō fujiwara kanezane
KAN300 Kanezane Yamato Tensho (1573-1592)
大和國藤原南都住包眞
yamato kuni fujiwara nanto ju kanezane
KAN2186 Kanezane Mino Chōroku (1457-1460)
濃州関住兼眞
nōshū seki ju kanezane
KAN3141 Kaneyuki Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
関住藤原兼行
seki ju fujiwara kaneyuki
KAN3141 Kaneyuki Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州住兼行
nōshū ju kaneyuki
KAN470 Kaneyuki Mino Koryaku (1379-1381) ND
千手院包行
senjuin kaneyuki saku
KAN472 Kaneyuki Yamashiro Keiō (1865-1868)
三品近江守藤原包行
mishina omi no kami fujiwara kaneyuki
KAN477 Kaneyuki Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
大和國包行作
yamato kuni kaneyuki saku
KAN478 Kaneyuki Yamato Kakitsu (1441-1444)
大和國包行作
yamato kuni kaneyuki saku
KAN479 Kaneyuki Meiji (1868-1912)
野溝甲斐守源包行造
nomizo kai no kami minamoto kaneyuki tsukuru
KAN480 Kaneyuki Mutsu Kanpō (1741-1744)
奥州仙臺住包幸
ōshū sendai ju kaneyuki