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ID Name Province Era Mei
0000-0719 Unji
建武乙亥二年十一月日
kenmu kinotoi 2 nen 11 gatsu
0000-0720 Unji
備前國住雲次
bizen kuni ju unji
0000-0721 Unji
備前國住雲次
bizen kuni ju unji
0000-0724 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0725 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0726 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0727 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0728 Unshō Nidai
雲生
unshō
0000-0729 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0730 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0731 Unji
備前國住雲次
bizen kuni ju unji
0000-0732 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0733 Unji
備前國住雲□
bizen kuni ju un...
0000-0734 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0735 Unji
雲次
unji
0000-0736 Unshō
雲生
unshō
0000-0738 Moritsugu
備前國住守次
bizen kuni ju moritsugu
0000-0740 Mōkusa
舞草
mōkusa
0000-0741 Hōju
寳壽
hōju
0000-0741 Hōju
建武
kenmu
0000-0742 Kuniyuki
攝州尼崎住藤原國幸
sesshū amagasaki ju fujiwara kuniyuki
0000-0742 Kuniyuki
上州之住人中村久兵衛指之
joshū kore junin nakamura kyube sasu kore
0000-0743 Sukesada
備前國住長船彦左衛門尉祐定作
bizen kuni ju osafune hikosaemonjō sukesada saku
0000-0743 Sukesada
天文十七年八月日
tenmon 17 nen 8 gatsu hi
0000-0744 Hiroyuki
弘幸
hiroyuki
0000-0745 Hiroyuki
平安城藤原弘幸
heianjō fujiwara hiroyuki
0000-0746 Hōju
寳壽
hōju
0000-0747 Kanemichi
丹後守兼道
tango no kami kanemichi
0000-0748 Kiju
筒井越中守輝邦入道紀充
tsutsui etchu no kami terukuni nyudō kiju
0000-0748 Kiju
享保十六春於和州郡山造之
kyōhō 16 haru oite washū goriyama tsukuru kore
0000-0749 Kiyozane
二王清實作
niō kiyozane saku
0000-0750 Kunikane
山城大掾藤原國包
yamashiro daijō fujiwara kunikane
0000-0750 Kunikane
鬼切
onikiri
0000-0751 Kunisuke
河内守藤原國助
kawachi no kami fujiwara kunisuke
0000-0752 Masahiro
肥前國河内守藤氏正廣
hizen kuni kawachi no kami tōshi masahiro
0000-0753 Masakage
隅州住正景
gūshū ju masakage
0000-0753 Masakage
文政七年申八月日
bunsei 7 nen saru 8 gatsu hi
0000-0754 Masateru
越前守法城寺橘正照
echizen no kami hōjōji tachibana masateru
0000-0755 Masayoshi
薩州住平正良
sashū ju taira masayoshi
0000-0755 Masayoshi
天明三年卯二月
tenmei 3 nen u 2 gatsu
0000-0756 Morisuke
備州長船守助
bishū osafune morisuke
0000-0757 Moritsugu
筑前國福岡住守次
chikuzen kuni fukuoka ju moritsugu
0000-0757 Moritsugu
以南蛮鉄造之 天和四年二月日
motte nanban tetsu tsukuru kore tenna 4 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0758 Nagasada
美濃國御勝山麓住藤原永貞
mino kuni okachiayama fumoto ju fujiwara nagasada
0000-0758 Nagasada
慶応二年八月日於江戸青山造之
keio 2 nen 8 gatsu hi oite edo aoyama tsukuru kore
0000-0759 Shigeaki
隅州之住重鑑作
gūshū no ju shigeaki saku
0000-0759 Shigeaki
天文十四年十一月吉日
tenmon 14 nen 11 gatsu hi
0000-0760 Sukesada
備前國住長船七郎衛門尉祐定
bizen kuni ju osafune hichirōemonjō sukesada
0000-0760 Sukesada
天正二二年二月上吉日
tensho 4 nen 2 gatsu jōkichijitsu
0000-0761 Tadahiro
肥前國住藤原忠廣
hizen kuni ju fujiwara tadahiro