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ID Name Province Era Mei
KIN43 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN46 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN51 Kinmichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN52 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN53 Kinmichi Yamashiro Hōreki (1751-1764)
雷除伊賀守金道
raijo iga no kami kinmichi
KIN55 Kinmichi Yamashiro Anei (1772-1781)
伊賀守金道
iga kami 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
NAG440 Nagataka Musashi Ansei (1854-1860)
日本鍛冶匠宗三品伊賀守金道門人明林子長高作
nihon-kaji sōtakume mishina iga no kami kinmichi monjin meirinshi nagataka saku