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ID Name Province Era Mei
0000-1400 Muneyoshi
宗吉
muneyoshi
0000-1402 Motochika
基近造
motochika tsukuru
0000-1403 Naganori
備前國福岡左兵衛尉長則
bizen kuni fukuoka sahyōe-no-jō naganori
0000-1403 Naganori
正安二年八月日
shōan 2 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1404 Naganori
長則
naganori
0000-1405 Naganori
長則
naganori
0000-1406 Sadazane
貞眞
sadazane
0000-1407 Yoshitsuna
藤原吉縄
fujiwara yoshitsuna
0000-1408 Yoshitsuna
藤原吉縄
fujiwara yoshitsuna
0000-1410 Ichi
ichi
0000-1411 Kanesuke
包助
kanesuke
0000-1412 Ichi
ichi
0000-1415 Abe Ichimonji / 阿部一文字
ichi
0000-1416 Shimazu Ichimonji / 島津一文字
ichi
0000-0013 Hirano Tōshirō / 平野藤四郎
吉光
yoshimitsu
0000-1417 Sadanori
加賀守貞則
kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1418 Sadanori
加賀守貞則
kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1419 Sadanori
加賀守貞則
kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1419 Sadanori
享保五年二月日
kyōhō 5 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-1420 Sadanori
加賀守鈴木貞則
kaga no kami suzuki sadanori
0000-1420 Sadanori
宝永二年八月日
hōei 2 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1421 Sadanori
加賀守貞則
kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1424 Sadanori
鈴木加賀守貞則
suzuki kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1424 Sadanori
元禄十三年八月日
genroku 13 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-1425 Sadanori
鈴木加賀守貞則
suzuki kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1427 Sadanori
鈴木加賀守貞則
suzuki kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1427 Sadanori
延宝七年二月日
enpō 7 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-1428 Sadanori
鈴木加賀守貞則
suzuki kaga no kami sadanori
0000-1428 Sadanori
延宝四年二月日
enpō 4 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-1429 Sadanori
加賀守鈴木貞則
kaga no kami suzuki sadanori
0000-1429 Sadanori
以降鐵作
motte kōtetsu saku
0000-0998 Norikuni
則國
norikuni
0000-1430 Kanewaka
賀州住兼若
kashū ju kanewaka
0000-1430 Kanewaka
明暦二年二月日
meireki 2 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0164 Masamune
正宗
masamune
0000-1435 Kanehide
nōshū seki nihonto tanren juku kin saku
0000-1435 Kanehide
kanehide showa 10 nen 5 gatsu hi
0000-0161 Ietsugu
家次作
ietsugu saku
0000-1443 kawachi (no) kami sukesada
(菊紋 一) 河内守祐定
(kiku mon ichi) kawachi (no) kami sukesada
0000-1443 kawachi (no) kami sukesada
備前國長船住
bizen kuni osafune ju
AKI1 Akihito Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
城州西陣住口人
jōshū nishijin ju akihito
AKI1 Akihito Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前忠永
hizen tadanaga
AKI10 Akinori Bingo Genchu (1384-1394)
備州住日乗
bishū ju akinori
AKI100 Akihiro Sagami Kōsho (1455-1457)
相州住秋廣
sōshū ju akihiro
AKI101 Akihiro Sagami Bunmei (1469-1487)
相州住秋廣
sōshū ju akihiro
AKI102 Akihiro Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
山城住藤原下坂秋廣
yamashiro ju fujiwara shimosaka akihiro
AKI103 Akihisa Harima Ansei (1854-1860)
姫府士源秋久
himefushi minamoto akitoshi
AKI104 Akikuni Sagami Tenju (1375-1381)
秋國
akikuni
AKI105 Akikuni Koto (987-1596)
秋國
akikuni
AKI106 Akimasa Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
秋正
akimasa