Swordsmith Index

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Namesort icon ID Name (Kanji) Gen Province Era School Teacher H/TT/FS Rating Ref Cmt
Norinaga NOR516 徳永 Mino Kakitsu (1441-1444) Seki 20 / /
Norinaga NOR517 徳永 Mino Meiō (1492-1501) Seki 20 / /
Norinaga NOR518 徳永 Mino Koto (987-1596) 15 / /
Norinaga NOR519 徳永 Mutsu Bunkyū (1861-1864) 10 / /
Norinao NOR242 則直 Bizen Bunei (1264-1275) Ko-Bizen 20 / /
Norinao NOR243 則直 Bizen Kagen (1303-1306) Fukuoka Ichimonji Norinawa 25 / /
Norinao NOR244 則直 Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND Yoshii 20 / /
Norinao NOR245 則直 Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND Fukuoka Ichimonji 60 / /
Norinao NOR246 則直 Bizen Eiwa (1375-1379) ND 20 / /
Norinao NOR247 則直 Bizen Ōei (1394-1428) 20 / /
Norinao NOR248 則直 Yamato Ōan (1368-1375) ND 20 / /
Norinao NOR249 則直 Yamato Ōei (1394-1428) 25 / /
Norinao NOR490 卿直 Nagato Ansei (1854-1860) 10 / /
Norinari NOR250 則成 Bitchū Bunō (1260-1261) Ko-Aoe 20 / / NMK-747-19
Norinari NOR251 則成 Bizen Kencho (1249-1256) Fukuoka Ichimonji 20 / 800 / NMK-747-15
Norinari NOR252 則成 Bizen Kenji (1275-1278) Yoshioka Ichimonji 90 / / SJS-494
Norinari NOR253 則成 Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND Yoshioka Ichimonji 20 / / NMK-747-16
Norinari NOR254 則成 Bizen Ōei (1394-1428) Kozori 20 / /
NMK-747-17
SJS-494
Norinari NOR255 則成 Bizen Kyōtoku (1452-1455) 20 / / NMK-747-18
Norinari NOR256 則成 Izumo Kōgen (1256-1257) 25 / /
Norinari NOR257 則成 Izumo Koryaku (1379-1381) ND 20 / /
Norinari NOR258 則成 Yamato Daiji (1126-1131) Shikkake 30 / /
Norinari NOR259 則成 Yamato Shōwa (1312-1317) Shikkake 100 / 700 /
Norinari NOR260 則成 Yamato Kanō (1350-1352) ND 20 / /
Norinari tmpNOR550 則成 Shōwa (1926-1989) Miyairi Tsuguhira 8 / /
Norinawa NOR261 則繩 Bizen Shoō (1288-1293) Fukuoka Ichimonji 25 / /
Norinawa NOR262 則繩 Bizen Kanshō (1460-1466) 20 / /
Norinawa NOR263 則繩 Izumo Koto (987-1596) 15 / /
Norinawa NOR471 乗繩 Musashi Kaei (1848-1854) 10 / /
Norinobu NOR264 則延 Bizen Hōen (1135-1141) Tsunemitsu 25 / /
Norinobu NOR265 則宣 Mino Tensho (1573-1592) 15 / /
Norinobu NOR545 範宣 Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND 20 / /
Norinobu NOR546 範宣 Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND Yoshioka Ichimonji 25 / /
Norinobu NOR547 範宣 Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND Fukuoka Ichimonji 20 / /
Norinori NOR535 儀則 Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487) Yoshii 20 / /
Norioku NOR266 則奥 Bizen Koto (987-1596) 15 / /
Norisada NOR267 則定 Bizen Shōwa (1926-1989) 8 / /
Norisada NOR268 則定 Bungo Genroku (1688-1704) 15 / /
Norisada NOR269 則定 Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704) 15 / /
Norisada NOR270 則定 Chikuzen Taishō (1912-1926) Ishido 8 / /
Norisada NOR271 則定 Fukushima Shōwa (1926-1989) Masatsugu 8 / /
Norisada NOR272 則定 1st Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644) 15 / /
Norisada NOR273 則定 2nd Yamashiro Jokyō (1684-1688) Norisada 15 / 200 /
Norisada NOR274 則貞 Bizen Bunei (1264-1275) 20 / /
Norisada NOR275 則貞 Bizen Kōan (1278-1288) Fukuoka Ichimonji 25 / /
Norisada NOR276 則貞 Bizen Ōei (1394-1428) Fukuoka Ichimonji 20 / /
Norisada NOR277 則貞 Bizen Ōei (1394-1428) 25 / /
Norisada NOR278 則貞 Bungo Hōtoku (1449-1452) 20 / /
Norisada NOR279 則貞 Etchū Teiwa (1345-1350) ND 20 / /
Norisada NOR280 則貞 Izumo Shōchō (1428-1429) 20 / /