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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
0000-0635 Yoshisada
筑前住源信國吉貞
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshisada
0000-0636 Moriie
守家
moriie
0000-0641 Kanenaga
兼永
kanenaga
0000-0642 Kanenaga
兼永
kanenaga
0000-0645 Sa
sa
0000-0645 Sa
筑州住
chikushū ju
0000-0646 Sa
sa
0000-0646 Sa
筑州住
chikushū ju
0000-0647 Sa
sa
0000-0647 Sa
暦応二年十日
ryakuō 2 nen 10 hi
0000-0648 Sa
sa
0000-0648 Sa
筑州住
chikushū ju
0000-0649 Sa
sa
0000-0649 Sa
筑州住
chikushū ju
0000-0655 Katsukuni
伊豫大掾橘勝國造
iyo daijō tachibana katsukuni tsukuru
0000-0655 Katsukuni
寛文拾一年八月日
kanbun 11 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-0658 Kaneshige
上総介藤原兼重
kazusa no suke fujiwara kaneshige
0000-0674 Masateru
(菊紋) 法城寺越前守橘正照
(kiku) hōjōji echizen no kami tachibana masateru
0000-0674 Masateru
出雲大掾藤原吉武
izumo daijo fujiwara yoshitake
0000-0674 Masateru
一ッ胴脇毛二ッ胴断落 前嶋八郎 友次 (花押)
0000-0675 Tadayoshi
肥前國住陸奥守忠吉
hizen kuni ju mutsu no kami tadayoshi
0000-0676 Sadatsugu
備中國住人貞次作
bitchu kuni junin sadatsugu saku
0000-0676 Sadatsugu
康暦二年二月日
koryaku 2 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0678 Tōmasa
遠政
tōmasa
0000-0679 Masatoshi
越中守藤原正俊
etchu no kami fujiwara masatoshi
0000-0679 Masatoshi
慶長二拾年正月吉日
keichō 20 nen shōgatsu kichijitsu
0000-0680 Kiyonori
藤原清則
fujiwara kiyonori
0000-0680 Kiyonori
享徳四年三月日
kyōtoku 4 nen 3 gatsu hi
0000-0681 Kunisuke
國光作
kunimitsu saku
0000-0681 Kunisuke
河内守國助
kawachi no kami kunisuke
0000-0682 Kunikane
山城守藤原國包
yamashiro no kami fujiwara kunikane
0000-0684 Motohira
薩陽士奥平元平四十歳作
satsuyō shi oku taira motohira 40 sai saku
0000-0684 Motohira
天明三年癸卯二月日
tenmei 3 nen mizu-no-tō 2 gatsu hi
0000-0685 Motohira
七十六歳
76 sai
0000-0685 Motohira
奥大和守平朝臣元平
oku yamato no kami taira ason motohira
0000-0685 Motohira
文政二年卯二月
bunsei 2 nen u 2 gatsu
0000-0686 Motohira
薩陽士元平
satsuyō shi motohira
0000-0686 Motohira
安永十年二月日
anei 10 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0687 Motohira
奥大和守平朝臣元平
oku yamato no kami taira ason motohira
0000-0687 Motohira
寛政五巳秋
kansei 5 mi aki
0000-0690 Motohira
薩摩國奥大和守平朝臣元平
satsuma kuni oku yamato no kami taira ason motohira
0000-0690 Motohira
寛政二庚戌年春二月日
kansei 2 kanoe inu nen haru 2 gatsu hi
0000-0690 Motohira
本田親子生年廾八手自加劍梵字血溝
honda oya shi seinen 28 te mizukara kuwaeru ken bonji chimizo
0000-0692 Masahiro
肥前國河内大掾藤原正廣
hizen kuni kawachi daijō fujiwara masahiro
0000-0692 Masahiro
承応四年二月吉日
jōō 4 nen 2 gatsu kichijitsu
0000-0694 Kuniyoshi
國吉
kuniyoshi
0000-0697 Unji
備前國住人雲次
bizen kuni junin unji
0000-0697 Unji
正和二二年十月日
showa 4 nen 10 gatsu hi
0000-0698 Unji
備前國住雲次
bizen kuni ju unji
0000-0700 Unshō
備前國住雲生
bizen kuni ju unshō