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ID Name Province Era Mei
AKI153 Akinori Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船顯則
bishū osafune akinori
AKI154 Akinori Bizen Hōtoku (1449-1452)
備州長船顯則
bishū osafune akinori
AKI155 Akisuke Nagato Eiroku (1558-1570)
長州住顯亮
chōshū ju akisuke
AKI156 Akiyasu Hizen Genki (1570-1573)
肥州住顯安
hishū ju akiyasu
AKI157 Akiyoshi Nagato Genchu (1384-1394)
長州住顯吉
chōshū ju akiyoshi
AKI158 Akiyoshi Nagato Bunmei (1469-1487)
長州住顯吉
chōshū ju akiyoshi
AKI159 Akiyoshi Nagato Eikyō (1429-1441)
長州住顯義
chōshū ju akiyoshi
AKI16 Akimoto Mutsu Ōei (1394-1428)
奥州舞草作見本
ōshū mokusa saku akimoto
AKI160 Akiyuki Hyūga Tenmei (1781-1789)
長門守顯行
nagato no kami akiyuki
AKI162 Akiyori Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
觀依
akiyori
AKI163 Akiyori Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
觀依
akiyori
AKI166 Akimori Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
鑑盛
akimori
AKI166 Akimori Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
平鑑盛
taira akimori
AKI167 Akinaga Bungo Genki (1570-1573)
平鑑長
taira akinaga
AKI167 Akinaga Bungo Genki (1570-1573)
平銘長
taira akinaga
AKI168 Akinari Bungo Genki (1570-1573)
平鑑成
taira akinari
AKI169 Akishige Bungo Eiroku (1558-1570)
平鑑重
taira akishige
AKI17 Akitsugu Chikugo Koto (987-1596)
筑後國住人見次
chikugo kuni junin akitsugu
AKI170 Akisuke Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
鑑祐作
akisuke saku
AKI171 Akitada Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
豊州高田住平鑑忠
hōshū takata ju taira akitada
AKI171 Akitada Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
鑑忠
akitada
AKI175 Akitoyo Bungo Eiroku (1558-1570)
平鑑豊
taira akitoyo
AKI176 Akiyuki Bungo Kōji (1142-1144)
藤原顯行
fujiwara akiyuki
AKI177 Akiyuki Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
平鑑行
taira akiyuki
AKI178 Akiyuki Bungo Eiroku (1558-1570)
平鑑行
taira akiyuki
AKI179 Akiyuki Bungo Tensho (1573-1592)
平鑑行
taira akiyuki
AKI18 Akiharu Bungo Meiji (1868-1912)
豊後高田住藤原明治作
bungo takata ju fujiwara akiharu saku
AKI180 Akiyuki Bungo Keichō (1596-1615)
藤原鑑行
fujiwara akiyuki
AKI180 Akiyuki Bungo Keichō (1596-1615)
豊後高田住藤原鑑行作
bungo takata ju fujiwara akiyuki saku
AKI181 Akikuni Bingo Genji (1864-1865)
備後國龍泉子曉邦作
bingo kuni ryūsenshi akikuni saku
AKI19 Akihiro Rikuchu Meiji (1868-1912)
一之関住明弘作
ichi no seki ju akihiro saku
AKI2 Akihito Tamba Shōtoku (1711-1716)
丹州口人
tanshū akihito
AKI2 Akihito Tamba Shōtoku (1711-1716)
丹波國藤原口人
tamba kuni fujiwara akihito
AKI20 Akihiro Bungo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
明廣作
akihiro saku
AKI21 Akihiro Dewa Anei (1772-1781)
羽州米澤住明廣
ushū yonezawa ju akihiro
AKI22 Akihiro Mutsu Keiō (1865-1868)
一之関住明廣作
ichi no seki ju akihiro saku
AKI22 Akihiro Mutsu Keiō (1865-1868)
一之関士大山明廣作
ichi no seki shi ōyama akihiro saku
AKI24 Akimitsu Hyūga Shōwa (1926-1989)
日向住人明光作
hyuga junin akimitsu saku
AKI25 Akimitsu Koto (987-1596)
明光
akimitsu
AKI26 Akinobu Sado Koto (987-1596)
明宣
akinobu
AKI27 Akinobu Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
和州住藤原明延
washū ju fujiwara akinobu
AKI28 Akishige Mutsu Koto (987-1596)
明重作
akishige saku
AKI29 Akisuke Tottori Shōwa (1926-1989)
士魂明督之作
shigon akisuke no saku
AKI3 Akihito Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
北野口人作
kitano akihito saku
AKI30 Akiteru Izumo Meiwa (1764-1772)
八雲建武神流子明照
yakumo kenmu shinryūshi akiteru
AKI31 Akiteru Izumo Meiji (1868-1912)
八雲建武神流子明照
yakumo kenmu shinryūshi akiteru
AKI32 Akiteru Shimosa Meiwa (1764-1772)
總州住落合彌重郎明輝
sōshū ju ochiai yajurō akiteru
AKI33 Akiyasu Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平明安
naminohira akiyasu
AKI34 Akiyuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州尾道住明行作之
bishū onomichi ju akiyuki saku kore
AKI35 Akifusa Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭房造
akifusa tsukuru