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ID Name Province Erasort icon Mei
MAS1161 Masatsugu Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
平安城沖芝源正次
heianjō okishiba minamoto masatsugu
MAS1165 Masatsugu Saga Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥前國正次
hizen kuni masatsugu
MAS1247 Masatsune Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
池上一貫齋正恒
ikegami ikkansai masatsune
MAS1416 Masayoshi Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
野州住細川正義
yashū ju hosokawa masayoshi
MAS145 Masahiro Kagawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
蝉丸正弘
semimaru masahiro
MAS1457 Masayuki Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
地田正行作之
jida masayuki saku kore
MAS1457 Masayuki Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
卍正行
manji masayuki
MAS1518 Masahito Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
福岡住原政人作
fukuoka ju hara masahito saku
MAS16 Masaaki Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
美の國住藤原正明作
esshū ju fujiwara masaaki saku
MAS1600 Masanobu Hiroshima Shōwa (1926-1989)
備後住政信作
bingo ju masanobu saku
MAS1600 Masanobu Hiroshima Shōwa (1926-1989)
備後三次住政信
bingo sanji ju masanobu
MAS1621 Masashige Nagasaki Shōwa (1926-1989)
崎陽住松林政重作
sakiyo ju matsubayashi masashige saku
MAS1698 Masayuki Saitama Shōwa (1926-1989)
新井一貫齋政幸造之
arai ikkansai masayuki tsukuru kore
MAS1740 Masamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
美作住駿河將光
mimasaka ju suruga masamitsu
MAS1751 Masahide Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
土佐詮秀作
tosa masahide saku
MAS1752 Masahide Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
土州詮秀作
toshū masahide saku
MAS1752 Masahide Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
土州住秀典造之
toshū ju hidesuke tsukuru kore
MAS231 Masahisa Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
和泉國堺住池田正久作之
izumi kuni sakai ju ikeda masahisa saku kore
MAS231 Masahisa Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
池田卍正久
ikeda man masahisa
MAS295 Masakane Hitachi Shōwa (1926-1989)
常陽笠間住源正兼造之
jōyō kasama ju minamoto masakane tsukuru kore
MAS295 Masakane Hitachi Shōwa (1926-1989)
常州住正兼作之
jōshū ju masakane saku kore
MAS295 Masakane Hitachi Shōwa (1926-1989)
常陸住高野金次郎正兼作
hitachi ju takano kinjirō masakane saku
MAS381 Masakiyo Tokushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
一刀齋正清之作
itōsai masakiyo kore saku
MAS416 Masakuni Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
平安城沖芝源正國謹作
heianjō okishiba minamoto masakuni kinsaku
MAS47 Masachika Hitachi Shōwa (1926-1989)
常州岩間住正近
jōshū iwama ju masachika
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住人正峯
kaga kuni junin masamine
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住兩山子正峯
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住兩山子正峯作
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine saku
MAS470 Masamine Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住兩山子正峯作之
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine saku kore
MAS492 Masamitsu Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
宗正光作
sō masamitsu saku
MAS492 Masamitsu Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
福岡住宗正光作
fukuoka ju sō masamitsu saku
MAS518 Masamitsu Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
石見住藤田正光作之
iwami ju fujita masamitsu saku kore
MAS549 Masamori Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
備前住正守
bizen ju masamori
MAS662 Masanao Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
源正直作之
minamoto masanao saku kore
MAS67 Masafusa Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
光道子荘田正房作之
mitsumichi-ko shōda masafusa saku kore
MAS946 Masazumi Iwashiro Shōwa (1926-1989)
奥州岩代住塚本正澄作
ōshū iwashiro ju tsukamoto masasumi saku
MAS948 Masatada Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
常州住常陸太郎源正忠作
jōshū ju hitachi tarō minamoto masatada [age 70] saku
MAS948 Masatada Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
常陸住正忠
hitachi ju masatada
MAS956 Masataka Hōki Shōwa (1926-1989)
伯耆國住正孝
hoki kuni ju masataka
MAS960 Masataka Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
南海太郎正尊
nankai tarō masataka
MIT188 Mitsunobu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
光信
mitsunobu
MIT202 Mitsuoki Echigo Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後國住人遠藤光起
echigo kuni junin tōtō mitsuoki
MIT203 Mitsuoki Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後國沼垂住人遠藤光起
echigo kuni nuttari junin endō mitsuoki
MIT57 Mitsuhiro Saga Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥前國光廣
hizen kuni mitsuhiro
MIT96 Mitsukane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州志津住人源光兼
nōshū shizu junin minamoto mitsukane
MOR1038 Moriyoshi Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
延寿宣次源盛吉
enju nobutsugu minamoto moriyoshi
MOR1100 Morotaka Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
師敬作
morotaka saku
MOR533 Moriatsu Satsuma Shōwa (1926-1989)
薩州住二代源盛篤
sashū ju nidai minamoto moriatsu (kakihan)
MOR722 Morimitsu Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
筑後黒木住盛光之作
chikugo kuroki ju morimitsu kore saku
MOR726 Morimitsu Kumamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥後住源盛光
higo ju minamoto morimitsu