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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN964 Kanehisa Higo Koto (987-1596)
肥州住兼久
hishū ju kanehisa
KAN965 Kanehisa Iwami Tenmon (1532-1555)
石州出羽住兼久
sekishū izuha ju kanehisa
KAN966 Kanehisa Izumo Eiroku (1558-1570)
雲州住兼久
unshū ju kanehisa
KAN967 Kanehisa Izumo Meiō (1492-1501)
雲州住兼久
unshū ju kanehisa
KAN968 Kanehisa Izumo Eiroku (1558-1570)
雲州住兼久
unshū ju kanehisa
KAN969 Kanehisa Kaga Kanbun (1661-1673)
加陽金府住藤原兼久
kayo kimpu ju fujiwara kanehisa
KAN97 Kanekuni Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
和州住包國
washū ju kanekuni
KAN970 Kanehisa Kaga Anei (1772-1781)
加陽金府住藤原兼久
kayo kimpu ju fujiwara kanehisa
KAN970 Kanehisa Kaga Anei (1772-1781)
加州住兼久
kashū ju kanehisa
KAN971 Kanehisa Kaga Tenmei (1781-1789)
加州住兼久
kashū ju kanehisa
KAN973 Kanehisa Kaga Bunka (1804-1818)
加州住兼久
kashū ju kanehisa
KAN973 Kanehisa Kaga Bunka (1804-1818)
藤原兼久
fujiwara kanehisa
KAN976 Kanehisa Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州住兼久
nōshū ju kanehisa
KAN977 Kanehisa Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州関住左衛門尉兼久
nōshū seki ju saemonjō kanehisa
KAN977 Kanehisa Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州関住兼久
nōshu seki ju kanehisa
KAN979 Kanehisa Mino Chōroku (1457-1460)
濃州住兼久
nōshū ju kanehisa
KAN98 Kanekuni Yamato Tensho (1573-1592)
和州手掻包國
washū tegai kanekuni
KAN98 Kanekuni Yamato Tensho (1573-1592)
和州住包國
washū ju kanekuni
KAN982 Kanehisa Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
雲州住兼久
unshū ju kanehisa
KAN983 Kanehisa Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
関住兼久
seki ju kanehisa
KAN985 Kanehisa Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住兼久作
noshū seki ju kanehisa saku
KAN986 Kanehisa Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
濃州関住兼久作
nōshū seki ju kanehisa saku
KAN99 Kanekuni Yamato Keichō (1596-1615)
和州手掻住包國
washū tegai ju kanekuni (oite sunfu tsukuru kore)
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
KAT104 Katsumitsu Bizen Kyōroku (1528-1532)
備州長船六郎次郎勝光
bishū osafune rokurōjirō katsumitsu
KAT107 Katsumitsu Bizen Eiroku (1558-1570)
備州長船太郎兵衛尉勝光
bishū osafune tarōbeijō katsumitsu
KAT110 Katsumitsu Bizen Tensho (1573-1592)
備州長船左近勝光
bishū osafune sakon katsumitsu
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
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
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
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
野州足利住勝廣
yashū ashikaga ju katsuhiro
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
勝廣造
katsuhiro tsukuru
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野得次郎住勝廣
shimotsuke tokujirō ju katsuhiro
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
野州住足利庄勝廣
yashū ju ashikaga-shō katsuhiro
KAT28 Katsuhiro Tosa Bunsei (1818-1830)
土州高知住勝廣作之
toshū takachi ju katsuhiro saku kore
KAT28 Katsuhiro Tosa Bunsei (1818-1830)
土州関田勝廣鍛之
toshū sekita katsuhiro tan kore
KAT3 Katsuichi Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上毛高坂家士震鱗子克一
kamitsuke takasaki yakashi shinrinshi katsuichi
KAT3 Katsuichi Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上野國震鱗子克一
kodzuke kuni shinrinshi katsuichi
KAT3 Katsuichi Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上野國高坂刀匠震鱗子克一
kodzuke kuni takasaki tōshō shinrinshi katsuichi
KAT36 Katsuishi Yamato Taihō (701-704)
勝石
katsuishi
KAT42 Katsuie Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
加州住勝家
kashū ju katsuie
KAT44 Katsuie Kaga Kyōtoku (1452-1455)
加州住勝家
kashū ju katsuie