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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
KAN204 Kanenaga Nara Shōwa (1926-1989)
一文珠四郎包永
(kiku) ichimonju shirō kanenaga
KAN204 Kanenaga Nara Shōwa (1926-1989)
一文珠作
(kiku) ichimonju saku
MAS455 Masamichi Nara Meiji (1868-1912)
大和廣陵住人辰巳正道作
yamato hirotaka junin tokishi masamichi saku
SAD352 Sadahiro Nara Shōwa (1926-1989)
和州班鳩住源貞弘
washū hankyū ju minamoto sadahiro
SAD353 Sadahiro Nara Shōwa (1926-1989)
於大和國法城寺畔源貞弘謨精鍛之
oite yamato kuni hōjōji han minamoto sadahiro kinshō kitau kore
SAD497 Sadamitsu Nara Shōwa (1926-1989)
月山貞光作
gassan sadamitsu saku
MAS1621 Masashige Nagasaki Shōwa (1926-1989)
崎陽住松林政重作
sakiyo ju matsubayashi masashige saku
TAD154 Tadamitsu Nagasaki Shōwa (1926-1989)
藤田忠光造
fujita tadamitsu tsukuru
AKI40 Akihira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮入昭平作
miyairi akihira saku
AKI47 Akikuni Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
四國三郎昭國
shikoku saburō akikuni
KIY74 Kiyohira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
信濃國住宮入清平作之
shinano kuni ju miyairi kiyohira saku kore
TOM85 Tomomaro Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
上田住友麿
ueda ju tomomaro
TSU22 Tsuguhira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
高橋次平作
takahashi tsuguhira saku
YOS437 Yoshimitsu Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
於坂城伊那谷吉光作
oite sakaki inatani yoshimitsu saku
YOS437 Yoshimitsu Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
田中吉光
tanaka yoshimitsu
YUK67 Yukihira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
行平
yukihira
YUK67 Yukihira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮入行平作
miyairi yukihira saku
YOS1522 Yoshikuni Miyazaki Shōwa (1926-1989)
日州住義國
nishū ju yoshikuni
AKI58 Akimori Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
明守作
akimori saku
AKI58 Akimori Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮城明守作
miyagi akimori saku
NOB158 Nobufusa Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
法華三郎信房作
hokke saburo nobufusa saku
NOB546 Nobutsugu Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
仙都住信次
sento ju nobutsugu
NOB546 Nobutsugu Miyagi Shōwa (1926-1989)
法華三郎信次
hōka saburō nobutsugu
YAS728 Yasumitsu Miyagi Taishō (1912-1926)
奥州岩出山住松永泰光
ōshū iwadeyama ju matsunaga yasumitsu
ARI26 Arikoto Kyoto Kaei (1848-1854)
千種正三位源有功
chigusa shōsammi minamoto akikoto
ARI26 Arikoto Kyoto Kaei (1848-1854)
正三位有功造
shōsammi arikoto tsukuru
MOR1038 Moriyoshi Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
延寿宣次源盛吉
enju nobutsugu minamoto moriyoshi
MOR726 Morimitsu Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥後住源盛光
higo ju minamoto morimitsu
YOS923 Yoshitsugu Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉次
yoshitsugu
YOS924 Yoshitsugu Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉次作之
yoshitsugu saku kore
EMU1 Emura Kōchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
江村作
emura saku
SAD894 Sadayuki Kōchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
蒼龍子左貞行
sōryūshi sa sadayuki
YOS1336 Yoshisada Kōchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
瑞雲子善貞
zuiunshi yoshisada
TER88 Terumitsu Kanagawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
川島輝光作
kawashima terumitsu saku
AKI81 Akitsugu Kagawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
金龍子馬場昭継造之
kinryūshi baba akitsugu tsukuru kore
MAS145 Masahiro Kagawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
蝉丸正弘
semimaru masahiro
TSU180 Tsuguhiro Kagawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
繼弘
tsuguhiro
MUN556 Munetsugu Iwate Shōwa (1926-1989)
陸中住宗次作
rikuchu ju munetsugu saku
NOR513 Norimitsu Iwate Shōwa (1926-1989)
奥州御所住源徳光作之
ōshū gosho ju minamoto norimitsu saku kore
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住人正峯
kaga kuni junin masamine
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住兩山子正峯
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住兩山子正峯作
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine saku
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住兩山子正峯作之
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine saku kore
SEN28 Senhō Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住両山子正峯作之
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi senhō saku kore
KAN88 Kanekuni Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
包國
kanekuni
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
MAS948 Masatada Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
常州住常陸太郎源正忠作
jōshū ju hitachi tarō minamoto masatada [age 70] saku
MAS948 Masatada Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
常陸住正忠
hitachi ju masatada
AKI95 Akihiro Hyōgo Shōwa (1926-1989)
姫路城下秋廣作之
himeji jōka akihiro saku kore