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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
0000-1003 Kiyomaro
弘化丁未年八月日
kōka hinotohitsuji nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1004 Kanesada
越後守包貞
echigo no kami kanesada
0000-1007 Chikakage
備前國長船住近景
bizen kuni osafune ju chikakage
0000-1008 Masamune
正宗
masamune
0000-1008 Masamune
本阿 (花押)
hon'a (kaō)
0000-1009 Sa
sa
0000-1009 Sa
筑州住
chikushū ju
0000-1010 Fuyuhiro
冬廣作
fuyuhiro saku
0000-1012 Tadahiro
武蔵大掾藤原忠廣
musashi daijō fujiwara tadahiro
0000-1012 Tadahiro
寛永三年八月吉日
kanei 3 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu
0000-1013 Masahiro
肥前國河内守藤原正廣
hizen kuni kawachi no kami fujiwara masahiro
0000-1014 Munetsugu
肥前國源宗次作
hizen kuni minamoto munetsugu saku
0000-1014 Munetsugu
鍛之驗驗鉄胄
kitae kore tameshi wari tetsu kabuto
0000-1015 Tsunetsugu
恒次
tsunetsugu
0000-1016 Sanemori
眞守
sanemori
0000-1017 Masahiro
近江守法城寺橘正弘
omi no kami hōjōji tachibana masahiro
0000-1020 Nobuhide
栗原筑前守信秀
kurihara chikuzen no kami nobuhide
0000-1020 Nobuhide
慶応四年正月日
keio 4 nen shōgatsu hi
0000-1022 Kagemitsu
備州長船住景光
bishū osafune ju kagemitsu
0000-1024 Shinkai
井上和泉守國貞
inoue izumi no kami kunisada
0000-1024 Shinkai
寛文七年八月日
kanbun 7 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1025 Kunishige
長谷部國重
hasebe kunishige
0000-1026 Tadayoshi
肥前國住陸奥守忠吉
hizen kuni ju mutsu no kami tadayoshi
0000-1027 Masakiyo
享保九年正月
kyoho 9 nen shōgatsu
0000-1027 Masakiyo
(一葉葵紋) 主水正藤原正清
(crest) mondonosho fujiwara ason masakiyo
0000-1029 Tadayoshi
肥忠吉
hi(zen) tadayoshi
0000-1029 Tadayoshi
刳物藤原宗長
kurimono fujiwara munenaga
0000-1030 Tadahiro
近江大掾藤原忠廣
omi daijō fujiwara tadahiro
0000-1031 Yasutsugu
以南蛮鉄於武州江戸越前康継
motte nanban tetsu oite bushū edo echizen yasutsugu
0000-1032 Nobuhide
平信秀
taira nobuhide
0000-1032 Nobuhide
文久三年十二月日
bunkyu 3 nen 12 gatsu hi
0000-1033 Kanesada
和泉守兼定作
izumi no kami kanesada saku
0000-1034 Hidemitsu
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
0000-1034 Hidemitsu
永和四年八月日
eiwa 4 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1035 Yukihide
左行秀 (花押)
sa yukihide (kao)
0000-1035 Yukihide
(梵字) 越智勝好帯
(bonji) ochi katsuyoshi obiru
0000-1037 Hiroyuki
平安城堀川住弘幸
heianjō horikawa ju hiroyuki
0000-1037 Hiroyuki
慶長拾三年九月日
keichō 13 nen 9 gatsu hi
0000-1038 Tadayoshi
肥前國忠吉
hizen kuni tadayoshi
0000-1039 Tadayoshi
肥前國陸奥守忠吉
hizen kuni mutsu no kami tadayoshi
0000-1041 Kuniyuki
國 (以下切)
kuni (ikakire)
0000-1043 Yoshikage
備州長船住義景
bishū osafune ju yoshikage
0000-1046 Tadahiro
近江大掾藤原忠廣
omi daijō fujiwara tadahiro
0000-1047 Tadahiro
肥前國住近江大掾藤原忠廣
hizen kuni ju omi daijo fujiwara tadahiro
0000-1048 Masayuki
伯耆守平朝臣正幸
hoki no kami taira ason masayuki
0000-1048 Masayuki
寛政二年戌二月
kansei 2 nen inu 2 gatsu
0000-1050 Tadatsuna
粟田口近江守忠綱
awataguchi omi no kami tadatsuna
0000-1050 Tadatsuna
元禄十二二年八月吉日
genroku 14 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu
0000-1051 Tadatsuna
粟田口一竿子忠綱
awataguchi ikkanshi tadatsuna
0000-1051 Tadatsuna
元禄十七年二月日
genroku 17 nen 2 gatsu hi