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ID Name Province Era Mei
AKI83 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
羽州山形住藤田昭吉
ushū yamagata ju fujita akiyoshi
AKI83 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
出羽國山形於千歳山麓藤田昭吉作之
dewa kuni yamagata oite senzo yamaroku fujita akiyoshi saku kore
AKI84 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
藤田昭吉
fujita akiyoshi
AKI86 Akiyoshi Fukui Meiji (1868-1912)
昭嘉作
akiyoshi saku
AKI89 Akifusa Kōzuke Kyōhō (1716-1736)
上州廐橋住源秋房
jōshū umabashi ju minamoto akifusa
AKI92 Akihiro Kōzuke Genbun (1736-1741)
秋弘
akihiro
AKI92 Akihiro Kōzuke Genbun (1736-1741)
上州住丹治秋弘
jōshū tanji akihiro
AKI92 Akihiro Kōzuke Genbun (1736-1741)
播州住人丹治秋弘
banshū junin tanji akihiro
AKI93 Akihiro Harima Bunsei (1818-1830)
姫路丹治秋弘作之
himeji tanji akihiro saku kore
AKI94 Akihiro Kai Genna (1615-1624)
甲州巨痲郡武川筋甘利住人秋廣
kashū koma-gori takekawa suji amari junin akihiro
AKI95 Akihiro Hyōgo Shōwa (1926-1989)
姫路城下秋廣作之
himeji jōka akihiro saku kore
AKI96 Akihiro Kazusa Ōei (1394-1428)
總州住秋廣
sōshū ju akihiro
AKI96 Akihiro Kazusa Ōei (1394-1428)
於上總國眞里谷作之
oite kazusa kuni mariya saku kore
AKI97 Akihiro Kazusa Eiroku (1558-1570)
上總長南作秋廣
kazusa chonan saku akihiro
AKI98 Akihiro Sagami Shōhei (1346-1370)
相州住秋廣
sōshū ju akihiro
AKI99 Akihiro Sagami Tenju (1375-1381)
相州住秋廣
sōshū ju akihiro
AKI99 Akihiro Sagami Tenju (1375-1381)
相模守住人秋廣
sagami no kami junin akihiro
AMA10 Amainu Kii Tensho (1573-1592)
紀州熊野住天狗
kishū kumano ju tenguzo
AMA11 Amainu Kii Keichō (1596-1615)
紀伊國住天狗作
kii kuni ju amainu saku
AMA11 Amainu Kii Keichō (1596-1615)
熊野住天狗造之
kumano ju tengu tsukuru kore
AMA12 Amainu Yamashiro Eishō (1504-1521)
天狗吉久
amainu yoshihisa
AMA13 Amakatsu Shinano Ansei (1854-1860)
諏訪住天品
suwa ju amakatsu
AMA15 Amakuni Bungo Shōwa (1312-1317)
天國
amakuni
AMA16 Amakuni Bungo Bunmei (1469-1487)
天國
amakuni
AMA23 Amasuke Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
天祐
amasuke
AMA24 Amatoshi Ugo Tenpō (1830-1844)
松翁天壽造
shōō amatoshi tsukuru
AMA4 Amahara Hōki Genryaku (1184-1185)
天原
amahara
AMA5 Amahara Mutsu Kūonin (810-824)
天原
amahara
AMA6 Amahara Mutsu Shōji (1199-1201)
天原
amahara
AMA7 Amahide Musashi Bunsei (1818-1830)
水心子正秀
suishinshi masahide
AMA7 Amahide Musashi Bunsei (1818-1830)
天秀
amahide
AMA7 Amahide Musashi Bunsei (1818-1830)
天日出
AMA8 Amahide Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州関住福本天秀之作
noshu seki ju fukumoto amahide kore saku
AMA8 Amahide Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州関住一文字源天秀鍛之
noshu seki ju ichimonji minamoto amahide kitau kore
AMA9 Amai Iwami Bunsei (1818-1830)
石見國天井
iwami kuni amai
AOI1 Aoi Suō Shōwa (1312-1317)
周防青井
suō aoi
ARI10 Arihiro Bitchū Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備中國萬壽庄住有弘
bitchu kuni manjushō ju arihiro
ARI100 Arimitsu Buzen Shoō (1288-1293)
有光
arimitsu
ARI103 Arimitsu Hōki Ōan (1368-1375) ND
伯州住有光
hakushū ju arimitsu
ARI104 Arimitsu Hōki Shōchō (1428-1429)
伯州住有光
hakushū ju arimitsu
ARI105 Arimitsu Ise Karoku (1225-1227)
有光
arimitsu
ARI107 Arimitsu Kawachi Ōei (1394-1428)
有王有光
ariō arimitsu
ARI114 Arimitsu Yamato Kōei (1342-1345) ND
大和國住俊次男有光
yamato kuni ju toshitsugu dan arimitsu
ARI116 Arimitsu Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
有王有光
ariō arimitsu
ARI117 Arimitsu Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
有王有光
ariō arimitsu
ARI120 Arimori Echigo Ōei (1394-1428)
有盛
arimori
ARI121 Arimori Shimotsuke Ōei (1394-1428)
下野國有盛
shimotsuke kuni arimori
ARI122 Arimoto Echizen Koto (987-1596)
藤島住有元
fujishima ju arimoto
ARI123 Arimoto Etchū Koto (987-1596)
越中藤島住有元
etchū fujishima ju arimoto
ARI128 Arimoto Tamba Chōkyū (1040-1044)
有元
arimoto