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ID Name Province Era Mei
KIN54 Kinmichi Yamashiro Hōreki (1751-1764)
来金道
rai kinmichi
KIN55 Kinmichi Yamashiro Anei (1772-1781)
伊賀守金道
iga kami kinmichi
KIN55 Kinmichi Yamashiro Anei (1772-1781)
日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守藤原金道
nihon kaji sōsho iga no kami fujiwara kinmichi
KIN56 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN57 Kinmichi Yamashiro Bunsei (1818-1830)
日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守金道
nihon kaji sōsho iga no kami kinmichi
KIN58 Kinmichi Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守金道
nihon kaji sōsho iga no kami kinmichi
KIN59 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kōka (1844-1848)
日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守金道
nihon kaji sōsho iga no kami kinmichi
KIY101 Kiyokage Suō Ōei (1394-1428)
二王清景作
niō kiyokage saku
KIY111 Kiyokane Mimasaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
作州住小林清包作
sakushū ju kobayashi kiyokane saku
KIY111 Kiyokane Mimasaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
美作國住小林清包作
mimasaka kuni ju kobayashi kiyokane saku
KIY111 Kiyokane Mimasaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
水田庄包作
mita-shō kiyokane
KIY112 Kiyokane Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
橘清兼
tachibana kiyokane
KIY113 Kiyokane Mikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
秋田冩三河國岡崎住橘清兼
akita utsusu mikawa kuni okasaki ju tachibana kiyokane
KIY125 Kiyokuni Nagato Ansei (1854-1860)
長州玉井清邦
chōshū tamai kiyokuni
KIY125 Kiyokuni Nagato Ansei (1854-1860)
二王清邦
niō kiyokuni
KIY127 Kiyokuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥後國同田貫清國
higo kuni dotanuki kiyokuni
KIY127 Kiyokuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥州住藤原清國作
hishū ju fujiwara kuyokuni saku
KIY132 Kiyomaro Musashi Kōka (1844-1848)
山浦環源清麿
yamaura tamaki minamoto kiyomaro
KIY133 Kiyomaru Musashi Meiji (1868-1912)
庄内住藤原清丸
shōnai ju fujiwara kiyomaru
KIY135 Kiyomasa Satsuma Enkyō (1744-1748)
薩州喜入住伊勢守藤原清方
sashū kiiri ju ise no kami fujiwara kiyomasa
KIY135 Kiyomasa Satsuma Enkyō (1744-1748)
伊勢守藤原清方
ise no kami fujiwara kiyomasa
KIY135 Kiyomasa Satsuma Enkyō (1744-1748)
薩州住伊勢守清方
sashū ju ise no kami kiyomasa
KIY164 Kiyomitsu Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船清光
bishū osafune kiyomitsu
KIY165 Kiyomitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船清光
bishū osafune kiyomitsu
KIY166 Kiyomitsu Bizen Bunan (1444-1449)
備州長船清光
bishū osafune kiyomitsu
KIY167 Kiyomitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備前國住長船勝兵衛尉清光
bizen kuni ju osafune katsubejō kiyomitsu
KIY167 Kiyomitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船清光
bishū osafune kiyomitsu
KIY169 Kiyomitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備前國住長船五郎左衛門尉清光作
bizen kuni ju osafune gorōsaemonjō kiyomitsu saku
KIY169 Kiyomitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備前國住長船野村五郎左衛門尉清光
bizen kuni ju osafune nomura gorōsaemonjō kiyomitsu
KIY173 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前國住長船五郎左衛門尉清光
bizen kuni ju osafune gorōsaemonjō kiyomitsu
KIY174 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前國住長船孫右衛門尉清光
bizen kuni ju osafune magouemonjō kiyomitsu
KIY182 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前國長船輿三左衛門尉清光
bizen kuni osafune yosazaemon kiyomitsu
KIY183 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前國住長船五郎左衛門尉藤原清光
bizen kuni ju osafune gorōsaemonjō fujiwara kiyomi
KIY183 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住長船清光
bishū ju osafune kiyomitsu
KIY183 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州國住長船清光
bishū kuni ju osafune kiyomitsu
KIY185 Kiyomitsu Bizen Eiroku (1558-1570)
備前國住長船孫右衛門尉藤原清光
bizen kuni ju osafune magouemonjō fujiwara kiyomitsu
KIY185 Kiyomitsu Bizen Eiroku (1558-1570)
備前國住長船清光
bizen kuni ju osafune kiyomitsu
KIY189 Kiyomitsu Bizen Eiroku (1558-1570)
備州長船孫兵衛尉清光
bishū osafune magobeijō kiyomitsu
KIY215 Kiyomitsu Etchū Keichō (1596-1615)
越中住藤原清光
etchu ju fujiwara kiyomitsu
KIY215 Kiyomitsu Etchū Keichō (1596-1615)
播磨大掾藤原清光
harima daijō fujiwara kiyomitsu
KIY232 Kiyomitsu Kaga Bunan (1444-1449)
清光
kiyomitsu
KIY233 Kiyomitsu Kaga Tensho (1573-1592)
加州住藤原清光
kashū ju fujiwara kiyomitsu
KIY233 Kiyomitsu Kaga Tensho (1573-1592)
加州泉住清光
kashū izumi ju kiyomitsu
KIY234 Kiyomitsu Kaga Meiō (1492-1501)
清光
kiyomitsu
KIY234 Kiyomitsu Kaga Meiō (1492-1501)
加州藤原清光
kashū fujiwara kiyomitsu
KIY235 Kiyomitsu Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
清光
kiyomitsu
KIY235 Kiyomitsu Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
加州住藤原清光
kashū ju fujiwara kiyomitsu
KIY236 Kiyomitsu Kaga Tenmon (1532-1555)
加州住清光
kashū ju kiyomitsu
KIY236 Kiyomitsu Kaga Tenmon (1532-1555)
加州住藤原清光作
kashū ju fujiwara kiyomitsu saku
KIY237 Kiyomitsu Kaga Eiroku (1558-1570)
清光
kiyomitsu