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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
0000-0235 Yasuyoshi
靖吉
yasuyoshi
NAG292 Nagamitsu Iyo Kaei (1848-1854)
青龍齋長光作
seiryūsai nagamitsu saku
MAS1157 Masatsugu Musashi Genji (1864-1865)
青龍齋正次
seiryūsai masatsugu
TSU150 Tsuguyoshi Bitchū Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
青江次吉作
aoe tsuguyoshi saku
NAG4 Nagahiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
青木氏藤原永央
aoki-shi fujiwara nagahiro
MAS1425 Masayuki Tosa Ansei (1854-1860)
青木正之
aoki masayuki
MUN12 Muneari Musashi Ansei (1854-1860)
青山住宗有
aoyama ju muneari
TOS148 Toshiyuki Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
露城臣白紅子源利行
rojō-shin hakkōshi minamoto toshiyuki
SHI1008 Shin Mutsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
震作之
shin saku kore
FUR1 Furū Mutsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
震作之
furū saku kore
0000-1056 Tsuguhira
雷電 三ツ胴両三度落
NAO97 Naomichi Kansei (1789-1801)
雷除直道於伊勢崎藩中作之
raiyoke naomichi oite ise-saki hanchu saku kore
NAO87 Naomichi Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
雷除直道
raicho naomichi
KIN53 Kinmichi Yamashiro Hōreki (1751-1764)
雷除伊賀守金道
raijo iga no kami kinmichi
SAD760 Sadatsugu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
雲龍子貞次作
unryūshi sadatsugu saku
SUK751 Sukemune Mutsu Bunka (1804-1818)
雲龍子祐宗造之
unryūshi sukemune tsukuru kore
NAO253 Naoyuki Shimotsuke Bunsei (1818-1830)
雲龍子直行
unryūshi naoyuki
UNJ12 Unshō Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
雲生
unshō
0000-0703 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0710 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0711 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0717 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0724 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0725 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0726 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0727 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0728 Unshō Nidai
雲生
unshō
0000-0729 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0730 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0736 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0911 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0723 Unshō
雲生
unshō
UNJ1 Unji Bizen Bunpō (1317-1319)
雲次
unji
UNJ2 Unji Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
雲次
unji
0000-0705 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0713 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0732 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0734 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0735 Unji
雲次
unji
MAS555 Masamori Ise Bunmei (1469-1487)
雲林院正盛作
unrinin masamori saku
MAS1560 Masamori Ise Bunki (1501-1504)
雲林院政盛作
unrinin masamori saku
MAS1557 Masamori Aki Kanei (1624-1644)
雲林院政盛
unrinin masamori
MAS1559 Masamori Ise Bunmei (1469-1487)
雲林院政盛
unrinin masamori
MAS1561 Masamori Ise Tenmon (1532-1555)
雲林院政盛
unrinin masamori
MAS1562 Masamori Ise Tensho (1573-1592)
雲林院政盛
unrinin masamori
MAS1563 Masamori Ise Kanei (1624-1644)
雲林院政盛
unrinin masamori
NAG379 Naganobu Izumo Tenpō (1830-1844)
雲州高橋長信
unshu takahashi naganobu
NAG379 Naganobu Izumo Tenpō (1830-1844)
雲州藩藤原長信
unshu han fujiwara naganobu
FUY21 Fuyuhiro Izumo Eiroku (1558-1570)
雲州森山住源兵衛尉冬廣作
unshū moriyama ju genbeijō fuyuhiro saku
KAN502 Kanekiyo Izumo Kōka (1844-1848)
雲州来島住澤田金清
unshū kurushima ju sawada kanekiyo