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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
YOS1267 Yoshitsugu Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒能次
ryōkai yoshitsugu
YOS1269 Yoshitsugu Buzen Taiei (1521-1528)
了戒能次
ryōkai yoshitsugu
YOS952 Yoshitsugu Yamashiro Taiei (1521-1528)
吉次慶定作
yoshitsugu yoshisada saku
YOS953 Yoshitsugu Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
城州藤原吉次
jōshū fujiwara yoshitsugu
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
肥後守橘吉次作
higo no kami tachibana yoshitsugu saku
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
延宝六年六月十日
enpo 6 nen 6 gatsu 10 hi
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
弐胴切断
futatsu do setudan
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
山野勘十郎久英 (花押)
yamano kanjurō hisahide (kao)
YOS1723 Yoshitoshi Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
筑後國未府住遠藤義壽
chikugo kuni mifu ju endō yoshitoshi
YOS882 Yoshitoshi Izumo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
雲州住吉利
unshū ju yoshitoshi
YOS1716 Yoshitora Yamashiro Kōka (1844-1848)
山城住雲龍子吉光二十五代義虎
yamashiro ju unryūshi yoshimitsu 25 dai yoshitora
YOS1716 Yoshitora Yamashiro Kōka (1844-1848)
鴨神水義虎造
kamo jinsui yoshitora tsukuru
YOS865 Yoshitomo Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
源吉友
minamoto yoshitomo
YOS867 Yoshitomo Bizen Shokei (1332-1334) ND
源吉友
minamoto yoshitomo
YOS868 Yoshitomo Bizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
備州長船吉友
bishū osafune yoshitomo
YOS869 Yoshitomo Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船吉友
bishū osafune yoshitomo
YOS1714 Yoshitomi Ugo Shinto (1596-1781)
佐竹源義富
satake minamoto yoshitomi
YOS1711 Yoshitoki Chikuzen Kanei (1624-1644)
筑前國住義辰
chikuzen kuni ju yoshitoki
YOS1711 Yoshitoki Chikuzen Kanei (1624-1644)
筑州住下坂義辰
chikushū ju shimosaka yoshitoki
YOS855 Yoshitoki Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州関住坂尾新五郎源吉時
nōshū seki ju sakao shingorō minamoto yoshitoki
YOS856 Yoshitoki Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
関善定上野介源酒尾吉時
seki zenjō kozuke no suke minamoto sakeno yoshitoki
YOS857 Yoshitoki Musashi Kyōhō (1716-1736)
江戸五代吉時
edo godai yoshitoki
YOS1798 Yoshitō Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
平安駒井法橋慶任
heian komai hokkyō yoshitō
YOS851 Yoshiteru Musashi Hōreki (1751-1764)
武州川越住郡壽吉英
bushū kawagoe ju gunju yoshiteru
YOS1703 Yoshitane Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
河内大掾藤原義植作
kawachi daijō fujiwara yoshitane saku
YOS1703 Yoshitane Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
河内守藤原義植作
kawachi no kami fujiwara yoshitane saku
YOS1703 Yoshitane Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
越前河内守藤原義植作
echizen kawachi no kami fujiwara yoshitane saku
YOS1704 Yoshitane Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
河内大掾藤原義植作
kawachi daijō fujiwara yoshitane saku
YOS1704 Yoshitane Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
河内守藤原義植作
kawachi no kami fujiwara yoshitane saku
YOS840 Yoshitake Yamashiro Manji (1658-1661)
平安城住出雲大掾藤原妙吉武
heianjō ju izumo daijō fujiwara tae yoshitake
YOS840 Yoshitake Yamashiro Manji (1658-1661)
出雲大掾藤原吉武
izumo daijō fujiwara yoshitake
YOS840 Yoshitake Yamashiro Manji (1658-1661)
出雲守藤原法哲入道吉武
izumo no kami fujiwara hōtetsu nyudō yoshitake
YOS841 Yoshitake Musashi Kyōhō (1716-1736)
出雲大掾吉武
izumo daijō yoshitake
YOS841 Yoshitake Musashi Kyōhō (1716-1736)
出雲守藤原吉武
izumo no kami fujiwara yoshitake
0000-0230 Yoshitake
出雲大掾藤原妙吉武作
izumo daijō fujiwara myō yoshitake saku
YOS842 Yoshitake Musashi Meiwa (1764-1772)
法哲作三代目吉武謹銘誌
hōtetsu saku sandaime yoshitake kinmeishi
YOS1698 Yoshitaka Okayama Keiō (1865-1868)
備前岡山住竹貫齋源義隆
bizen okayama ju chikukansai minamoto yoshitaka
YOS1797 Yoshitaka Yamashiro Tenna (1681-1684)
平安城東山住大江義隆
heianjō higashiyama ju oe yoshitaka
YOS1797 Yoshitaka Yamashiro Tenna (1681-1684)
山城國埋忠義隆
yamashiro kuni umetada yoshitaka
YOS1797 Yoshitaka Yamashiro Tenna (1681-1684)
山城美平
yamashiro yoshihira
YOS1142 Yoshitada Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
井上良忠
inoue yoshitada
YOS1691 Yoshitada Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州住義忠
washū ju yoshitada
YOS826 Yoshitada Bizen Shōchū (1324-1326)
備州長船吉忠
bishu osafune yoshitada
YOS1139 Yoshisuke Higo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫良典
ishinuki yoshisuke
YOS1295 Yoshisuke Higo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫賀助
ishinuki yoshisuke
YOS1664 Yoshisuke Bizen Tenmei (1781-1789)
於江戸義助以南蛮鐵造之
oite edo yoshisuke motte nanban tetsu tsukuru kore
YOS1664 Yoshisuke Bizen Tenmei (1781-1789)
於江府丸山源義助造
oite efu maruyama minamoto yoshisuke tsukuru
YOS1669 Yoshisuke Suruga Genō (1319-1321)
義助作
yoshisuke saku
YOS1672 Yoshisuke Suruga Kōsho (1455-1457)
義助作
yoshisuke saku
YOS1673 Yoshisuke Suruga Meiō (1492-1501)
駿州島田住義助作
sunshū shimada ju yoshisuke saku