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ID Name Province Era Mei
OKI9 Okinao Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
長曽祢典直
nagasone okinao
RIK3 Rikiō Yamato Jōgen (1207-1211)
大和國住人力王
yamato kuni junin rikiō
RYO10 Ryōkai Yamashiro Shoō (1288-1293)
山城國住人九郎右衛門了戒
yamashiro kuni junin kurōemon ryōkai
RYO10 Ryōkai Yamashiro Shoō (1288-1293)
山城國住人了戒作
yamashiro kuni junin ryōkai saku
RYO11 Ryōkai Yamashiro Enkei (1308-1311)
山城國住九郎左了戒
yamashiro kuni ju kurōsa ryōkai
RYO3 Ryōichi Yamashiro Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
了一
ryōichi
SA11 Sa Chikuzen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
sa
SA11 Sa Chikuzen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
筑州住
chikushū ju
SA16 Sa Hizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
肥前諫早住左
hizen isahaya ju sa
SA17 Sa Mikawa Tensho (1573-1592)
三河國左作
mikawa kuni sa saku
SA24 Samasuke Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥後國同田貫左馬介
higo kuni dotanuki samasuke
SA24 Samasuke Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥後國住小山左馬介
higo kuni ju koyama samasuke
SAD10 Sadaaki Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後野口定晃作之
echigo noguchi sadaaki saku kore
SAD123 Sadanori Bizen Juei (1182-1184)
定則
sadanori
SAD148 Sadashige Mino Kōsho (1455-1457)
千手院定重
senjuin sadashige
SAD15 Sadahide Bungo Eiryaku (1160-1161)
豊後國定秀作
bungo kuni sadahide saku
SAD15 Sadahide Bungo Eiryaku (1160-1161)
定秀作
sadahide saku
SAD15 Sadahide Bungo Eiryaku (1160-1161)
豊後國僧定秀作
bungo kuni sō sadahide saku
SAD154 Sadashige Mino Koryaku (1379-1381) ND
千手院定重
senjuin sadashige
SAD16 Sadahide Bungo Taiei (1521-1528)
豊後國住定秀
bungo kuni ju sadahide
SAD16 Sadahide Bungo Taiei (1521-1528)
豊後國定秀
bungo kuni sadahide
SAD167 Sadatoshi Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
備前國長船住定利
bizen kuni osafune ju sadatoshi
SAD172 Sadatoshi Yamashiro Jōei (1232-1233)
定利
sadatoshi
SAD248 Sadayoshi Sagami Eishō (1504-1521)
相州住定吉
sōshū ju sadayoshi
SAD251 Sadayoshi Yamashiro Kōan (1278-1288)
定吉
sadayoshi
SAD252 Sadayoshi Sagami Eishō (1504-1521)
相州住定吉作
sōshū ju sadayoshi saku
SAD257 Sadayoshi Bungo Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒定能
ryōkai sadayoshi
SAD258 Sadayoshi Bungo Kōji (1555-1558)
了戒定能作
ryōkai sadayoshi saku
SAD262 Sadayoshi Bungo Shōji (1199-1201)
豊後國定慶作
bungo kuni sadayoshi saku
SAD270 Sadayuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州尾道住人其阿弥定行
bishū onomichi junin kiami sadayuki
SAD270 Sadayuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備後國住藤原定行
bingo kuni ju fujiwara sadayuki
SAD273 Sadayuki Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
高田住平定行
takata ju taira sadayuki
SAD276 Sadayuki Buzen Eikyō (1429-1441)
了戒定行
ryōkai sadayuki
SAD290 Sadaaki Settsu Shōwa (1926-1989)
泉州住水野源貞昭作
senshū ju mizuno minamoto sadaaki saku
SAD304 Sadafusa Chikuzen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
筑州住貞房
chikushū ju sadafusa
SAD309 Sadaharu Settsu Keiō (1865-1868)
劍齋子貞晴
kensaishi sadaharu
SAD309 Sadaharu Settsu Keiō (1865-1868)
劍龍子藤原貞晴
kenryūshi fujiwara sadaharu
SAD310 Sadaharu Settsu Keiō (1865-1868)
永口劍龍子貞晴作
nagaguchi kenryūshi sadaharu saku
SAD325 Sadahide Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
水心子正秀
suishinshi masahide
SAD325 Sadahide Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
川部藤原貞秀作
kawabe fujiwara sadahide saku
SAD325 Sadahide Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
川部藤原貞秀造之
kawabe fujiwara sadahide tsukuru kore
SAD325 Sadahide Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
水心藤原貞秀作
suishin fujiwara sadahide saku
SAD325 Sadahide Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
貞秀造
sadahide tsukuru
SAD325 Sadahide Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
水心子正秀嫡貞秀
suishinshi masahide chaku sadahide
SAD328 Sadahide Settsu Kaei (1848-1854)
攝州住貞秀作
sesshū ju sadahide saku
SAD328 Sadahide Settsu Kaei (1848-1854)
攝津尼々崎住雲仙子正秀
settsu amagasaki ju unsenshi masahide
SAD332 Sadahide Hokkaidō Shōwa (1926-1989)
俊秀門人進藤貞英作之
toshihide monnin shindō sadahide saku kore
SAD336 Sadahide Ugo Bunka (1804-1818)
松井貞英
matsui sadahide
SAD336 Sadahide Ugo Bunka (1804-1818)
秋田住貞英
akita ju sadahide
SAD336 Sadahide Ugo Bunka (1804-1818)
鐵心齋松翁天濤貞英造
tetsushinsai shō-ō tentō tsukuru