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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
KAN3072 Kaneyoshi Rikuchu Kansei (1789-1801)
奥州守岡住兼吉作
ōshū morioka ju kaneyoshi saku
YOS1467 Yoshihisa Rikuchu Kansei (1789-1801)
奥州盛岡住義久
ōshū morioka ju yoshihisa
AKI16 Akimoto Mutsu Ōei (1394-1428)
奥州舞草作見本
ōshū mokusa saku akimoto
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
AKI28 Akishige Mutsu Koto (987-1596)
明重作
akishige saku
AMA5 Amahara Mutsu Kūonin (810-824)
天原
amahara
AMA6 Amahara Mutsu Shōji (1199-1201)
天原
amahara
ARI169 Arishige Mutsu Tenmon (1532-1555)
舞草有重
mokusa arishige
ARI230 Aritsune Mutsu Kōwa (1381-1384)
有常
aritsune
ASA4 Asago Mutsu Manji (1658-1661)
奥州白河庄朝郷
ōshū shirakawashō asago
CHI64 Chikakiri Mutsu Genryaku (1184-1185)
陸奥舞草派近霧
mutsu mokusa ha chikakiri
CHO2 Chōbyōe Mutsu Bunkyū (1861-1864)
岡田長兵衛
okada chōbyōe
FUJ38 Fūju Mutsu Tengen (978-983)
風赦
fūju
FUM1 Fumijirō Mutsu Kōka (1844-1848)
明珍文次郎
myōchin fumijirō
FUM8 Fumiyoshi Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
三浦文吉
miura fumiyoshi
FUR1 Furū Mutsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
震作之
furū saku kore
GIZ2 Gizan Mutsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
義山作之
gizan saku kore
HAN3 Hanzō Mutsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
奥州南部住三浦半蔵
ōshū nanbu ju miura hanzō
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州盛岡住人萬藏秀一以餅鐵之
oshū morioka junin manzō hidekazu motte mochitetsu zo kore
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
盛岡住宮川源秀一
morioka ju miyagawa minamoto hidekazu
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州盛岡住秀一
oshū morioka ju hidekazu
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
大和守角秀國
yamato no kami sumi hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
大和守源朝臣秀國
yamato no kami minamoto ason hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
元興入道源秀國
motooki nyudō minamoto hidekuni
HIR211 Hirochika Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州中村住人大和大掾源廣近
ōshū nakamura junin yamato daijō minamoto hirochika
HIR211 Hirochika Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州宇多郡中村住人大和守廣近
ōshū uda-gori nakamura junin yamato no kami hirochika
HIR211 Hirochika Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州中村住人大和守廣近
ōshū nakamura junin yamato no kami hirochika
HIR57 Hiromoto Mutsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
陸奥介弘元
mutsu no suke hiromoto
HIR57 Hiromoto Mutsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
古山陸奥介藤原弘元
furuyama mutsu no suke fujiwara hiromoto
HIR57 Hiromoto Mutsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
奥州二本松臣古山弘元
ōshū nihonmatsu-shin furuyama hiromoto
HIR57 Hiromoto Mutsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
水心子門人弘元作
suishinshi monnin hiromoto saku
IYE228 Iesada Mutsu Kanei (1624-1644)
奥州仙臺住家定
ōshū sendai ju iesada
IYE229 Iesada Mutsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
奥州住家定
ōshū ju iesada
KAM5 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Hōgen (1156-1159)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM6 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Kenkyū (1190-1199)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM7 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Ōei (1394-1428)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAN1002 Kanehisa Mutsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
九次郎兼久
kyujirō kanehisa
KAN106 Kanekura Mutsu Kanei (1624-1644)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN106 Kanekura Mutsu Kanei (1624-1644)
藤原包藏造
fujiwara kanekura tsukuru
KAN107 Kanekura Mutsu Meireki (1655-1658)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN108 Kanekura Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN109 Kanekura Mutsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN110 Kanekura Mutsu Genroku (1688-1704)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN111 Kanekura Mutsu Kyōhō (1716-1736)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN112 Kanekura Mutsu Kansei (1789-1801)
奥州仙臺住藤原包藏
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kanekura
KAN113 Kanekura Mutsu Manen (1860-1861)
仙臺住包藏
sendai ju kanekura
KAN1218 Kanekiyo Mutsu Kanei (1624-1644)
東成寺十六代中興祖日條兼清
toseiji juroku dai chukoso nichijo kanekiyo
KAN141 Kanemitsu Mutsu Kansei (1789-1801)
奥州仙臺住騰雲子藤原包光
ōshū sendai ju tōunshi fujiwara kanemitsu
KAN1484 Kanemitsu Mutsu Shinto (1596-1781)
奥州会津三好兼光
ōshū aizu miyoshi kanemitsu