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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
NOB175 Nobuhide Osaka Genji (1864-1865)
於江府雲州藩高橋信秀作
oite efu unshū-ban takahashi nobuhide saku
NOB176 Nobuhide Osaka Meiji (1868-1912)
高橋信秀作
takahashi nobuhide saku
NOB176 Nobuhide Osaka Meiji (1868-1912)
於江府雲州藩高橋信秀作
oite efu unshū-ban takahashi nobuhide saku
NOB176 Nobuhide Osaka Meiji (1868-1912)
大阪住高橋晴雲子信秀
osaka ju takahashi haruunshi nobuhide
NOB471 Nobushige Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
平安城沖芝源信重作之
heianjō okishiba minamoto nobushige saku kore
NOB471 Nobushige Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
源信重造
minamoto nobushige tsukuru
SAD410 Sadakatsu Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
月山貞勝謹作
gassan sadakatsu kin saku
SAD410 Sadakatsu Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
大坂住人月山貞勝謹鍛作
osaka junin gassan sadakatsu kintan saku
TAK179 Takateru Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
攝津國住月山源貴照作(花押)
settsu kuni ju gassan minamoto takateru (kakihan)
TEI4 Teishin Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
水龍子入道貞心作
suiryūshi nyudō teishin saku
TEI4 Teishin Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
大阪住人水龍子源貞心作
osaka junin suiryūshi minamoto teishin saku (kao)
YOS1099 Yoshimitsu Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
攝津國住人中谷良光作之
settsu kuni junin nakaya yoshimitsu saku kore
YOS1587 Yoshimune Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
高橋義宗
takahashi yoshimune
YOS1587 Yoshimune Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
源義宗
minamoto yoshimune
YOS1587 Yoshimune Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
八幡大菩薩源義宗造
hachiman daibosatsu minamoto yoshimune tsukuru
HID89 Hidemitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
神明入道秀光
shinmei nyudō hidemitsu
MAS1740 Masamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
美作住駿河將光
mimasaka ju suruga masamitsu
MAS549 Masamori Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前住正守
bizen ju masamori
MUN231 Munemitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前國長船住藤原宗光
bizen kuni osafune ju fujiwara munemitsu
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
長光作
nagamitsu saku
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
市原長光
ichihara nagamitsu
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
市原一龍子長光
ichihara iryūshi nagamitsu
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前長光
bizen nagamitsu
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前國於烏城下市原長光作之
bizen kuni oite karasu jōka ichihara nagamitsu saku kore
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前國於烏城下市原長光造之
bizen kuni oite karasu jōka ichihara nagamitsu tsukuru kore
TOS187 Toshimitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前國長船住藤原俊光造
bizen kuni osafune ju fujiwara toshimitsu tsukuru
TOS197 Toshimune Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前國兒島住俊宗作
bizen kuni kojima ju toshimune saku
YOS1698 Yoshitaka Okayama Keiō (1865-1868)
備前岡山住竹貫齋源義隆
bizen okayama ju chikukansai minamoto yoshitaka
NOB15 Nobufusa Ōita Shōwa (1926-1989)
平延房作
taira nobufusa saku
AKI44 Akihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
山上昭久
yamagami akihisa
AKI44 Akihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭久
akihisa
AKI44 Akihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
北越住山上千里昭久
hokuetsu ju yamagami chisato akihisa
AKI65 Akisada Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭定
akisada
AKI79 Akitsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
見次作
akitsugu saku
AKI79 Akitsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
天田見次作
amada akitsugu saku
HID107 Hidemune Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越和田三郎源秀宗
koshiwada saburō minamoto hidemune
HID109 Hidemune Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越和田三郎源入道秀宗
koshiwada saburō minamoto nyudō hidemune
MIT203 Mitsuoki Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後國沼垂住人遠藤光起
echigo kuni nuttari junin endō mitsuoki
MOT191 Motoharu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
新保基治作
shinbo motoharu saku
MUN95 Munehiro Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
宗広
munehiro
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
中越住山上則久
nakagoshi ju yamaue norihisa
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後住千里則久
echigo ju senri norihisa
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
山上千里則久
yamaue senri norihisa
SAD10 Sadaaki Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後野口定晃作之
echigo noguchi sadaaki saku kore
SAD760 Sadatsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後銀山平麓住雲龍子貞次作之
echigo ginzandaira fumoto ju unryūshi sadatsugu saku kore
SAD760 Sadatsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後住雲龍子貞次作
echigo ju unryūshi sadatsugu saku
SAD760 Sadatsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
雲龍子貞次作
unryūshi sadatsugu saku
SAD760 Sadatsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
貞次作
sadatsugu saku
SAD846 Sadayoshi Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後國住天田貞吉
echigo kuni ju amada sadayoshi
SAD846 Sadayoshi Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
北越新発田天田貞吉
hokuetsu shibata amada sadayoshi