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ID Name Province Era Mei
MAS276 Masakage Ōsumi Bunsei (1818-1830)
隅州柁城臣正景
gūshū kajiki-shin masakage
MAS281 Masakage Echigo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
玉心齋正蔭
gyokushinsai masakage
MAS281 Masakage Echigo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
越後高田住五島正蔭作
echigo takata ju goshima masakage saku
MAS281 Masakage Echigo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
源正蔭造之
minamoto masakage tsukuru kore
MAS288 Masakane Chikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
筑州住源信國正包
chikushū ju minamoto nobukuni masakane
MAS288 Masakane Chikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
筑前國源信國正包
chikuzen kuni minamoto nobukuni masakane
MAS288 Masakane Chikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
筑前信國正包
chikuzen nobukuni masakane
MAS288 Masakane Chikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
筑州住正包
chikushū ju masakane
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
MAS309 Masakatsu Echizen Keichō (1596-1615)
肥後守藤原正勝
higo kami fujiwara masakatsu
MAS309 Masakatsu Echizen Keichō (1596-1615)
播州住藤原正勝
banshū ju fujiwara masakatsu
MAS309 Masakatsu Echizen Keichō (1596-1615)
肥後大掾藤原正勝
higo daijō fujiwara masakatsu
MAS313 Masakatsu Hitachi Kaei (1848-1854)
水府住正勝
suifu ju masakatsu
MAS314 Masakatsu Hitachi Keiō (1865-1868)
勝村正勝
katsumura masakatsu
MAS317 Masakatsu Ibaraki Taishō (1912-1926)
勝村常陸介源正勝作之
katsumura hitachi no suke minamoto masakatsu saku kore
MAS317 Masakatsu Ibaraki Taishō (1912-1926)
水戸住正勝
mito ju masakatsu
MAS322 Masakatsu Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
法城寺橘正勝
hōjōji tachibana masakatsu
MAS334 Masakazu Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
一心子正一
isshinshi masakazu
MAS341 Masakiyo Bingo Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備後木梨住貝正清
bingo kinashi ju kai masakiyo
MAS352 Masakiyo Izumi Kanō (1350-1352) ND
泉州住正清作
senshū ju masakiyo saku
MAS353 Masakiyo Izumi Bunmei (1469-1487)
泉州住正清作
senshū ju masakiyo saku
MAS356 Masakiyo Izumi Kanei (1624-1644)
加賀四郎正清
kagashirō masakiyo
MAS359 Masakiyo Izumo Tenmon (1532-1555)
雲州住正清
unshū ju masakiyo
MAS360 Masakiyo Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
加州住藤原正清
kashū ju fujiwara masakiyo
MAS368 Masakiyo Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
薩州住藤原正清
sashū ju fujiwara masakiyo
MAS368 Masakiyo Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
宮原正藤原正清
miyahara sei fujiwara masakiyo
MAS368 Masakiyo Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
主水正藤原朝臣正清
mondonosho fujiwara ason masakiyo
MAS38 Masachika Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住正近
bishū ju masachika
MAS381 Masakiyo Tokushima Shōwa (1926-1989)
一刀齋正清之作
itōsai masakiyo kore saku
MAS387 Masakuni Awaji Keiō (1865-1868)
阿州藩井上正國
ashū han inoue masakuni
MAS387 Masakuni Awaji Keiō (1865-1868)
井上正國
ashū inoue masakuni
MAS39 Masachika Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備後國藤原住正近
bingo kuni fujiwara ju masachika
MAS39 Masachika Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備後國三原住正近
bingo kuni mihara ju masachika
MAS398 Masakuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫藤原正國
kyushū higo dotanuki fujiwara masakuni
MAS398 Masakuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫上野介正國作
kyushū higo dotanuki kozuke no suke masakuni saku
MAS398 Masakuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
小山左馬介正國
koyama sama no suke masakuni
MAS398 Masakuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
菊池住同田貫上介正國
kikuchi ju dotanuki kami no suke masakuni
MAS40 Masachika Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
備後國三原住人貝正近作
bingo kuni mihara junin kai masachika saku
MAS40 Masachika Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
備州三原住貝正近作
bishū mihara ju kai masachika saku
MAS405 Masakuni Kaga Kōka (1844-1848)
加陽金府住藤原正國作之
kayo kinpu ju fujiwara masakuni saku kore
MAS405 Masakuni Kaga Kōka (1844-1848)
賀州金澤住藤原正國作
kashū kanezawa ju fujiwara masakuni saku
MAS41 Masachika Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備後國三原住人正近
bingo kuni mihara junin masachika
MAS416 Masakuni Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
平安城沖芝源正國謹作
heianjō okishiba minamoto masakuni kinsaku
MAS42 Masachika Bingo Tensho (1573-1592)
備州三原住貝正近作
bishū mihara ju kai masachika saku
MAS42 Masachika Bingo Tensho (1573-1592)
備後國三原住貝正近作
bingo kuni mihara ju kai masachika saku
MAS423 Masakuni Satsuma Bunka (1804-1818)
伯耆守平朝臣正國造之
hoki no kami taira ason masakuni tsukuru kore
MAS438 Masamichi Ōsumi Kōka (1844-1848)
隅州住平正路造之
gūshū ju taira masamichi tsukuru kore
MAS455 Masamichi Nara Meiji (1868-1912)
大和廣陵住人辰巳正道作
yamato hirotaka junin tokishi masamichi saku