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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
KIK9 Kikumitsu Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
隠岐住菊光作
oki kuni ju kikumitsu saku
KIK7 Kikuhiro Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
山城國住平菊廣
yamashiro kuni ju taira kikuhiro
KIK4 Kikuhira Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國源菊平
hizen kuni minamoto kikuhira
KIK4 Kikuhira Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國伊賀守菊平
hizen kuni iga kami kikuhira
KIK4 Kikuhira Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守菊平
iga kami kikuhira
KIK6 Kikuhira Hizen Jokyō (1684-1688)
肥前國伊賀守源菊平
hizen kuni iga no kami minamoto kikuhira
KIK6 Kikuhira Hizen Jokyō (1684-1688)
大法橘伊賀守入道菊平
taiho tachibana iga no kami nyudō kikuhira
0000-0511 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-0510 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-1346 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
0000-1347 Kiku Gyosaku
(菊紋)
(kiku)
KI3 Kiju Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
筒井越中守輝邦入道藤原紀充
tsutsui etchu no kami terukuni nyudō fujiwara kiju
KI3 Kiju Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州郡山九條住越中守入道紀充
washū goriyama kyujō ju etchu kami nyudō kiju
KI3 Kiju Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州郡山九條住筒井輝邦入道紀充
washū goriyama kyujō ju tsutsui terukuni nyudō kiju
0000-0748 Kiju
筒井越中守輝邦入道紀充
tsutsui etchu no kami terukuni nyudō kiju
0000-0748 Kiju
享保十六春於和州郡山造之
kyōhō 16 haru oite washū goriyama tsukuru kore
0000-0908 Kiju
於河州筒井越中入道紀充造
oite kashū tsutsui etchu nyudō kiju tsukuru
0000-0908 Kiju
享保五年八月吉日
kyōhō 5 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu
KEI1 Keinin Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
駒井法眼慶任作
komai hogen keinin saku
KEI1 Keinin Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
平安駒井法橋慶任
heian komai hokyō keinin
KAZ76 Kazuyoshi Yamashiro Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒量能作
ryōkai kazuyoshi saku
KAZ56 Kazuyasu Ōsumi Bunmei (1469-1487)
隅州波平一安
gūshū naminohira kazuyasu
KAZ50 Kazutora Musashi Hōreki (1751-1764)
山城守藤原百國入道一虎
yamashiro no kami fujiwara hyaku kuni nyudō kazutora
KAZ45 Kazusada Dewa Kaei (1848-1854)
庄内住池田一定
shōnai ju ikeda kazusada
KAZ37 Kazunori Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
三陽真弓山麓住藤原一則作之
sanyō mayumi sanroku ju fujiwara kazunori saku kore
KAZ40 Kazunori Shinano Keiō (1865-1868)
運壽一則
kazuju kazunori
KAZ33 Kazunao Uzen Kōka (1844-1848)
一直羽州庄内
kazunao ushū shōnai
KAZ33 Kazunao Uzen Kōka (1844-1848)
舜齋一直
toshisai kazunao
KAZ26 Kazumitsu Dewa Shōwa (1926-1989)
羽州庄内住池田一光作
ushū shōnai ju ikeda kazumitsu saku
KAZ15 Kazukiyo Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
防州二王一清
bōshū niō kazukiyo
KAZ63 Kazuhira Sagami Shōwa (1926-1989)
相州住大九保和平作
sōshū ju ōkubo kazuhira saku
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
羽州住池田一秀
ushū ju ikeda kazuhide
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
出羽國庄内住池田一秀入道
dewa kuni shōnai ju ikeda kazuhide nyudō
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
出羽國庄内住人藤原一秀造之
dewa kuni shōnai junin fujiwara kazuhide tsukuru kore
KAZ3 Kazuaki Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
山城國山坂住一口
yamashiro kuni yamasaki ju kazuaki
KAW1 Kawakaminobe Yamato Koto (987-1596)
川上部
kawakaminobe
0000-1443 kawachi (no) kami sukesada
(菊紋 一) 河内守祐定
(kiku mon ichi) kawachi (no) kami sukesada
0000-1443 kawachi (no) kami sukesada
備前國長船住
bizen kuni osafune ju
KAT162 Katsushige Ise Kanbun (1661-1673)
勢州桑名住藤原勝重
seishū kuwana ju fujiwara katsushige
KAT162 Katsushige Ise Kanbun (1661-1673)
三河守藤原勝重
mikawa no kami fujiwara katsushige
KAT165 Katsushige Mikawa Manji (1658-1661)
三州住藤原勝重
sanshū ju fujiwara katsushige
KAT165 Katsushige Mikawa Manji (1658-1661)
三州住源勝重
sanshū ju minamoto katsushige
KAT165 Katsushige Mikawa Manji (1658-1661)
岡崎住古今鍛冶勝重
okazaki ju kokon kaji katsushige
KAT172 Katsushige Shimotsuke Kyōroku (1528-1532)
野州足利住勝重
yashū ashikaga ju katsushige
KAT149 Katsusada Mutsu Meireki (1655-1658)
奥州仙臺住三左衛門尉朝臣藤原勝定
ōshū sendai ju sansaemonjō ason fujiwara katsusada
KAT151 Katsusada Hitachi Tenmon (1532-1555)
常州東條庄高田住勝貞作
jōshū tōjō-shō takata ju katsusada saku
KAT127 Katsumori Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船勝盛
bishū osafune katsumori
KAT129 Katsumori Bungo Eiroku (1558-1570)
平勝盛
taira katsumori
KAT100 Katsumitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船次郎左衛門尉勝光
bishū osafune jirōsaemonjō katsumitsu
KAT100 Katsumitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備前國住長船次郎左衛門尉勝光
bizen kuni ju osafune jirōsaemonjō katsumitsu