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ID Name Province Erasort icon Mei
KAN3157 Kaneyuki Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
兼幸
kaneyuki
KIK9 Kikumitsu Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
隠岐住菊光作
oki kuni ju kikumitsu saku
YAS679 Yasuhiro Saga Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥前國住保廣謹作
hizen kuni ju yasuhiro kin saku
MAS1474 Masayuki Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
櫻井正幸
sakurai masayuki
TAT15x Tatsuyoshi Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
伊豆住竜義作
izu jū tatsuyoshi saku
SAD909x Sadahito Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
伊豆住榎本貞人作
izu jū enomoto sadahito saku
SAD909x Sadahito Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
伊豆住貞人作
izu jū sadahito saku
GEN3 Genshirō Tōtōmi Taishō (1912-1926)
間宮原四郎作之
mamiya genshirō saku kore
HID6 Hideaki Hokkaidō Taishō (1912-1926)
源秀昭作
minamoto hideaki saku
KAN1658 Kanenaga Mino Taishō (1912-1926)
美濃関住渡辺兼永謹作
mino seki ju watanabe kanenaga kin saku
KAN1658 Kanenaga Mino Taishō (1912-1926)
濃州関住渡辺兼永謹作
nōshū seki ju watanabe kanenaga kin saku
KAN25 Kaneharu Musashi Taishō (1912-1926)
源包治
minamoto kaneharu
MAS1188 Masatsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
相州鎌倉正次作之
sōshū kamakura masatsugu saku kore
MAS1188 Masatsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
卍正次
manji masatsugu
MAS1318 Masayoshi Musashi Taishō (1912-1926)
森岡正吉
morioka masayoshi
MAS1627 Masataka Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
武州御岳山麓住政賢
bushū gyogakusan hayama ju masataka
MAS317 Masakatsu Ibaraki Taishō (1912-1926)
勝村常陸介源正勝作之
katsumura hitachi no suke minamoto masakatsu saku kore
MAS317 Masakatsu Ibaraki Taishō (1912-1926)
水戸住正勝
mito ju masakatsu
MAS778 Masanori Osaka Taishō (1912-1926)
界浦住水野正範作
sakaiura ju mizuno masanori saku
NAG106 Nagashige Mutsu Taishō (1912-1926)
仙臺住白龍子永繁
sendai ju hyakuryūshi nagashige
NAG60 Nagamitsu Fukuoka Taishō (1912-1926)
筑後米府住永光作之
chikugo maifu ju nagamitsu saku kore
NAO30 Naohiro Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
東京住土野直弘
tokyo ju tsuchino naohiro
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
胤明門人信明作
taneaki mon-nin nobuaki saku
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
信明作
nobuaki saku
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
矢濤龍鱗齋信明
yagiaki ryūrinsai nobuaki
NOR270 Norisada Chikuzen Taishō (1912-1926)
清吉則定
kiyoyoshi norisada
SAD403 Sadakane Yamashiro Taishō (1912-1926)
丹波國住井上貞包作
tamba kuni ju inoue sadakane saku
SHI907 Shigetsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
一貫齋繁繼
ikkansai shigetsugu
SHI907 Shigetsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
笠間繁繼
kasama shigetsugu
SUK946 Sukesada Bizen Taishō (1912-1926)
備前長船潜龍子祐定
bizen osafune senryūshi sukesada
SUK946 Sukesada Bizen Taishō (1912-1926)
備陽長船鍛冶正統横山元之進祐定
biyo osafune kaji seitō yokoyama gon-no-shin sukesada saku
UJI96 Ujinaga Mino Taishō (1912-1926)
氏命
ujinaga
YAS63 Yasuhira Satsuma Taishō (1912-1926)
波平安平
naminohira yasuhira
YOS1067 Yoshichika Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
源良近鍛之
minamoto yoshichika tan kore
YOS572 Yoshinaga Tottori Taishō (1912-1926)
小林良永
kobayashi yoshinaga
YOS572 Yoshinaga Tottori Taishō (1912-1926)
小林米尉下鍛之
kobayashi yonejōka tan kore
YAS728 Yasumitsu Miyagi Taishō (1912-1926)
奥州岩出山住松永泰光
ōshū iwadeyama ju matsunaga yasumitsu
AKI18 Akiharu Bungo Meiji (1868-1912)
豊後高田住藤原明治作
bungo takata ju fujiwara akiharu saku
AKI19 Akihiro Rikuchu Meiji (1868-1912)
一之関住明弘作
ichi no seki ju akihiro saku
AKI31 Akiteru Izumo Meiji (1868-1912)
八雲建武神流子明照
yakumo kenmu shinryūshi akiteru
AKI86 Akiyoshi Fukui Meiji (1868-1912)
昭嘉作
akiyoshi saku
CHI177 Chikatoshi Higo Meiji (1868-1912)
親俊
chikatoshi
CHI177 Chikatoshi Higo Meiji (1868-1912)
於肥後親俊
oite higo chikatoshi
CHO17 Chōkaimaru Dewa Meiji (1868-1912)
羽州わらび岡住鳥海丸
ushū warabioka ju chōkaimaru
ENS2 Enshin Musashi Meiji (1868-1912)
淨雲齋圓眞作
jōunsai enshin saku
ENS2 Enshin Musashi Meiji (1868-1912)
一淨雲齋圓眞造之
ichi jōunsai enshin tsukuru kore
FUM8 Fumiyoshi Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
三浦文吉
miura fumiyoshi
FUS14 Fusanaga Ise Meiji (1868-1912)
草薙静正房長
kusanagi shizumasa fusanaga
HID1 Hidekazu Hitachi Meiji (1868-1912)
新刀藤原日出一作之
shintō fujiwara hidekazu saku kore
HID12 Hidechika Tosa Meiji (1868-1912)
土州住秀近
toshū ju hidechika