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ID Name Province Era Mei
0000-0762 Tadahiro
近江大掾藤原忠廣
omi daijō fujiwara tadahiro
0000-0762 Tadahiro
寛永二十年二月吉日
kanei 20 nen 2 gatsu kichijitsu
0000-0763 Tadakiyo
肥州佐賀住藤原忠清
hishū saga ju fujiwara tadakiyo
0000-0764 Tadayoshi
肥前國住忠吉
hizen kuni ju tadayoshi
0000-0765 Yasuhiro
紀伊國康廣
kii kuni yasuhiro
0000-0766 Yasuhiro
(菊紋) 備中守橘康廣
(kiku) bitchū no kami tachibana yasuhiro
0000-0767 Yasutsugu
於武州江戸越前康繼
oite bushū edo echizen yasutsugu
0000-0767 Yasutsugu
以南蛮鐵
motte nanban tetsu
0000-0768 Yoshikane
筑州住源信國吉包
chikushū ju minamoto nobukuni yoshikane
0000-0768 Yoshikane
以南蛮鉄作之
motte nanban tetsu saku kore
0000-0769 Moritsugu
盛次
moritsugu
0000-0770 Yoshioka Ichimonji Tachi
ichi
0000-0771 Kunisuke
河内守國助
kawachi no kami kunisuke
0000-0772 Kunishige
長谷部國重
hasebe kunishige
0000-0775 Kunitoshi
来國俊
rai kunitoshi
0000-0776 Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
0000-0778 Tadayoshi
肥前國忠吉
hizen kuni tadayoshi
0000-0779 Yasutsugu
以南蛮鉄於武州江戸越前康継
motte nanban tetsu oite bushū edo echizen yasutsugu
0000-0780 Shigekuni
於南紀重國造之
oite nanki shigekuni tsukuru kore
0000-0781 Norifusa
則房
norifusa
0000-0782 Kaneuji
志津
shizu
0000-0782 Kaneuji
薫山(花押)
kunzan (kao)
0000-0783 Masahiro
大隅掾藤原正弘
osumi jō fujiwara masahiro
0000-0783 Masahiro
日州住
nishū ju
0000-0785 Masahiro
近江守法城寺橘正弘
omi no kami hōjōji tachibana masahiro
0000-0790 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0791 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0792 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0793 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0793 Kaneuji
松平利隆用之
matsudaira toshitaka mochi kore
0000-0794 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0795 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0796 Kaneuji
兼氏
kaneuji
0000-0796 Kaneuji
花形見
hanagatami (kinzōgan)
0000-0797 Kaneuji
美濃國住人兼氏
mino kuni junin kaneuji
0000-0802 Morikage
備州長船住盛景
bishū osafune ju morikage
0000-0802 Morikage
至徳三年二月日
shitoku 3 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0803 Fuyuhiro
冬廣作
fuyuhiro saku
0000-0805 Yoshikage
備前國長船住義景
bizen kuni osafune ju yoshikage
0000-0806 Sadatsuna
石州出羽貞綱作
sekishū dewa sadatsuna saku
0000-0807 Tsuneie
備州長船經家
bishū osafune tsuneie
0000-0807 Tsuneie
應永二十八年十月日
oei 28 nen 10 gatsu hi
0000-0807 Tsuneie
弐胴切断
futatsu do setudan
0000-0807 Tsuneie
貞享二年十月十九日
jokyō 2 nen 10 gatsu 19 hi
0000-0807 Tsuneie
山野勘十郎久英 (花押)
yamano kanjurō hisahide (kao)
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
肥後守橘吉次作
higo no kami tachibana yoshitsugu saku
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
延宝六年六月十日
enpo 6 nen 6 gatsu 10 hi
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
弐胴切断
futatsu do setudan
0000-0810 Yoshitsugu
山野勘十郎久英 (花押)
yamano kanjurō hisahide (kao)
0000-0819 Kunimori
洛陽堀川住藤原國盛
rakuyō horikawa ju fujiwara kunimori