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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN900 Kanehira Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
濃州岐阜住兼衡
nōshū gifu ju kanehira
KAN901 Kanehira Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州住兼衡
nōshū ju kanehira
KAN901 Kanehira Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
兼衡作
kanehira saku
KAN902 Kanehiro Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州関住兼大
nōshū seki ju kanehiro
KAN903 Kanehiro Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
濃州住兼大
nōshū ju kanehiro
KAN907 Kanehiro Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
兼弘
kanehiro
KAN907 Kanehiro Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
包弘
kanehiro
KAN908 Kanehiro Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
兼弘
kanehiro
KAN91 Kanekuni Settsu Genroku (1688-1704)
越中守包國
etchu no kami kanekuni
KAN913 Kanehiro Uzen Genroku (1688-1704)
羽州米澤住兼弘作
ushū yonezawa ju kanehiro saku
KAN917 Kanehiro Mino Kanshō (1460-1466)
兼洞作
kanehiro saku
KAN918 Kanehiro Mino Kōka (1844-1848)
美濃關善定藤原兼洞
mino seki zenjō fujiwara kanehiro
KAN919 Kanehiro Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
兼寛
kanehiro
KAN921 Kanehiro Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
兼開
kanehiro
KAN922 Kanehiro Mino Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
兼聞
kanehiro
KAN925 Kanehiro Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州關住兼博
noshū ju kanehiro
KAN927 Kanehiro Aki Genroku (1688-1704)
藝州廣島住兼廣
geishū hiroshima ju kanehiro
KAN928 Kanehiro Aki Kyōhō (1716-1736)
藝州住兼廣
geishū ju kanehiro
KAN929 Kanehiro Aki Hōreki (1751-1764)
藝州廣島住兼廣
geishū hiroshima ju kanehiro
KAN930 Kanehiro Aki Kansei (1789-1801)
藝州住兼廣
geishū ju kanehiro
KAN931 Kanehiro Bungo Shinto (1596-1781)
豊州住藤原兼廣
hōshū ju fujiwara kanehiro
KAN932 Kanehiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
秋田住兼廣
akita ju kanehiro
KAN933 Kanehiro Echigo Kanbun (1661-1673)
越後高田住兼廣
echigo takata ju kanehiro
KAN934 Kanehiro Echigo Kōka (1844-1848)
藤原兼廣
fujiwara kanehiro
KAN935 Kanehiro Echizen Genroku (1688-1704)
越前國下坂兼廣
echizen kuni shimosaka kanehiro
KAN936 Kanehiro Echizen Bunroku (1592-1596)
越前國住兼廣
echizen kuni ju kanehiro
KAN937 Kanehiro Hitachi Genki (1570-1573)
常州東條住兼廣月山作
jōshū tōjo ju kanehiro gassan saku
KAN938 Kanehiro Hitachi Genroku (1688-1704)
常州東條庄下坂兼廣
jōshū tōjo-shō shimosaka kanehiro
KAN939 Kanehiro Hizen Manji (1658-1661)
肥前佐賀住大和大掾藤原兼廣
hizen saga ju yamato daijo fujiwara kanehiro
KAN94 Kanekuni Yamato Tenju (1375-1381)
大和國包國
yamato kuni kanekuni
KAN940 Kanehiro Hizen Enpō (1673-1681)
肥前國住遠江守兼廣
hizen kuni ju totomi no kami fujiwara kanehiro
KAN941 Kanehiro Hizen Genroku (1688-1704)
肥前國遠江守藤原兼廣以瓢箪鐵造
hizen kuni totomi no kami fujiwara kanehiro motte hyotan tetsu tsukuru
KAN942 Kanehiro Hizen Hōreki (1751-1764)
肥前國住藤原兼廣
hizen kuni ju fujiwara kanehiro
KAN943 Kanehiro Hōki Tenmei (1781-1789)
栄治郎兼廣
eijirō kanehiro
KAN944 Kanehiro Ise Shinto (1596-1781)
勢州乗田住兼廣
seishū norita ju kanehiro
KAN946 Kanehiro Mino Chōkyō (1487-1489)
濃州関住兼廣
nōshū seki ju kanehiro
KAN947 Kanehiro Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
濃州関住兼廣
nōshū seki ju kanehiro
KAN948 Kanehiro Mino Bunroku (1592-1596)
越前國住兼廣
echizen kuni ju kanehiro
KAN949 Kanehiro Mino Jokyō (1684-1688)
濃州小倉野住兼廣
nōshū kokura no ju kanehiro
KAN953 Kanehiro Rikuzen Keiō (1865-1868)
亘理住兼廣
watari ju kanehiro
KAN954 Kanehiro Shinano Bunsei (1818-1830)
信州住兼廣
shinshū ju kanehiro
KAN955 Kanehiro Ugo Meiji (1868-1912)
秋田住兼廣
akita ju kanehiro
KAN956 Kanehiro Yamashiro Shinto (1596-1781)
平安城兼廣
heianjō kanehiro
KAN957 Kanehiro Yamashiro Meiji (1868-1912)
洛陽堀川兼廣於北越鴨ニテ造之
rakuyō horikawa kanehiro oite hokuetsu kamonite tsukuru kore
KAN959 Kanehisa Chikugo Tenpō (1830-1844)
筑後國住藤原兼久
chikugo kuni ju fujiwara kanehisa
KAN96 Kanekuni Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
和州住包國
washū ju kanekuni
KAN96 Kanekuni Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
包國作
kanekuni saku
KAN960 Kanehisa Echigo Tenpō (1830-1844)
越後國住藤原兼久奥州会津作
echigo kuni ju fujiwara kanehisa ōshū aizu saku
KAN961 Kanehisa Fukushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
於奥州五社山麓松永兼久作
oite oshū gosha-yama fumoto matsunaga kanehisa saku
KAN963 Kanehisa Harima Ōei (1394-1428)
播州住兼久
banshū ju kanehisa