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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
NAO124 Naomune Wakasa Bunmei (1469-1487)
来直宗
rai naomune
NOB296 Nobukuni Wakasa Ōei (1394-1428)
信國
nobukuni
NOB297 Nobukuni Wakasa Bunan (1444-1449)
信國
nobukuni
TSU158 Tsuguyoshi Wakasa Eiroku (1558-1570)
若州小濱住次吉
jakushū ohama ju tsuguyoshi
TSU43 Tsuguhiro Wakasa Bunmei (1469-1487)
若狭國次廣作
wakasa kuni tsuguhiro saku
TSU44 Tsuguhiro Wakasa Tenmon (1532-1555)
若州住次廣
jakushū ju tsuguhiro
TSU44 Tsuguhiro Wakasa Tenmon (1532-1555)
若州小濱住次廣作
jakushū ohama ju tsuguhiro saku
TSU44 Tsuguhiro Wakasa Tenmon (1532-1555)
次廣作
tsuguhiro saku
MUN575 Munetsugu Wakasa Meiō (1492-1501)
若州小濱住宗次
jakushū ohama ju munetsugu
MUN688 Muneyoshi Wakasa Bunmei (1469-1487)
若州小濱住宗吉
jakushū ohama ju muneyoshi
ARI122 Arimoto Echizen Koto (987-1596)
藤島住有元
fujishima ju arimoto
ARI200 Aritoshi Echizen Meiō (1492-1501)
府中住有俊
fuchu ju aritoshi
ARI200 Aritoshi Echizen Meiō (1492-1501)
有俊
aritoshi
ARI218 Aritsuna Echizen Bunan (1444-1449)
藤島有綱
fujishima aritsuna
SAD748 Sadatsugu Echizen Genroku (1688-1704)
筑後守貞次
chikugo no kami sadatsugu
SAD748 Sadatsugu Echizen Genroku (1688-1704)
日向守貞次
hyuga no kami sadatsugu
SAD748 Sadatsugu Echizen Genroku (1688-1704)
越前住日向守貞次
echizen ju hyuga no kami sadatsugu
BUT1 Butsusho Echizen Ōei (1394-1428)
越州敦賀住佛性盛重佛性
esshū tsuruga ju butsusho morishige butsusho
CHI6 Chiyozuru Echizen Ōei (1394-1428)
越州住千代鶴作
esshū ju chiyozuru saku
CHI6 Chiyozuru Echizen Ōei (1394-1428)
越前住千代鶴作
echizen ju chiyozuru saku
CHI8 Chiyozuru Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越州住千代鶴
esshū ju chiyozuru
CHI8 Chiyozuru Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越前住千代鶴作
echizen ju chiyozuru saku
FUJ24 Fujishima Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
越前豊原住藤島
echizen toyohara ju fujishima
GEN32 Hirokiyo Echizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
嚴浄
hirokiyo
GON3 Gonzō Echizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
權三
gonzō
HIR169 Hirotaka Echizen Meireki (1655-1658)
伯耆大掾汎隆
hoki daijō hirotaka
HIR169 Hirotaka Echizen Meireki (1655-1658)
伯耆守藤原汎隆
hoki no kami fujiwara hirotaka
HIR169 Hirotaka Echizen Meireki (1655-1658)
越前住伯耆守下原汎隆
echizen ju hoki no kami shimohara hirotaka
IYE454 Ieyoshi Echizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
越州家吉
esshū ieyoshi
IYE454 Ieyoshi Echizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
家吉作
ieyoshi saku
IYE470 Ieyoshi Echizen Chōkyō (1487-1489)
家善作
ieyoshi saku
IYE96 Iemasa Echizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
越州住家正作
esshū ju iemasa saku
IYE96 Iemasa Echizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
家正作
iemasa saku
IYE97 Iemasa Echizen Meiō (1492-1501)
越前住家正作
echizen ju iemasa saku
IYE97 Iemasa Echizen Meiō (1492-1501)
越前家正作
echizen iemasa saku
KAG202 Kagetoshi Echizen Bunan (1444-1449)
景利
kagetoshi
KAN1066 Kaneie Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
越前園部住兼家
echizen sonobe ju kaneie
KAN1066 Kaneie Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
越前國住兼家
echizen kuni ju kaneie
KAN1305 Kanemaro Echizen Ansei (1854-1860)
刀根下總守兼麿
tone shimosa no kami kanemaro
KAN1306 Kanemaru Echizen Shinto (1596-1781)
越前住宇多出羽大掾藤原兼丸
echizen ju uda dewa daijo fujiwara kanemaru
KAN1325 Kanemasa Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
越前下總大掾藤原兼正
echizen shimosa daijō fujiwara kanemasa
KAN1325 Kanemasa Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
江州下總大掾兼正
gōshū shimosa daijō kanemasa
KAN1351 Kanemasa Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
下總大掾藤原兼政
shimosa daijō fujiwara kanemasa
KAN1391 Kanemichi Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
越前國住下總大掾藤原兼道
echizen kuni ju shimosa daijō fujiwara kanemichi
KAN1445 Kanemitsu Echizen Keichō (1596-1615)
越前國住下坂兼光
echizen kuni ju shimosaka kanemitsu
KAN1699 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
武蔵守藤原兼仲
musashi no kami fujiwara kanenaka
KAN1699 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
山本武蔵守藤原兼仲
yamamoto musashi no kami fujiwara kanenaka
KAN1699 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
一乗住兼仲
ichijo ju kanenaka
KAN1706 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越前國住武蔵守藤原兼仲
echizen kuni ju musashi no kami fujiwara kanenaka
KAN1706 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
武蔵守藤原兼仲
musashi no kami fujiwara kanenaka