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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
AKI105 Akikuni Koto (987-1596)
秋國
akikuni
AKI25 Akimitsu Koto (987-1596)
明光
akimitsu
AKI36 Akiharu Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭治
akiharu
AKI62 Akinaga Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭長
akinaga
AKI72 Akitomi Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭富
akitomi
AKI82 Akitsuna Shōwa (1926-1989)
以南蛮鐵近江守昭綱造
motte nanban tetsu omi no kami akitsuna tsukuru
ARI188 Aritaka Koto (987-1596)
有高
aritaka
ARI66 Arikuni Tenmon (1532-1555)
有國
arikuni
ARI67 Arikuni Shinto (1596-1781)
大和大掾橘有國
yamato daijō tachibana arikuni
CHI45 Chikahiro Tenmon (1532-1555)
近廣
chikahiro
ENS3 Ensō Koto (987-1596)
沙彌圓宗
shaya ensō
FUK2 Fukushige Kōka (1844-1848)
和泉守福重
izumi no kami fukushige
HAN2 Hankyu Manen (1860-1861)
判久
hankyu
ISH1 Isshin Shōwa (1926-1989)
興亜一心
koa isshin
KAG121 Kagenaga Meiō (1492-1501)
因州住景長作
inshu ju kagenaga saku
KAG122 Kagenaga Taiei (1521-1528)
因州小幡住景長作
inshū kohata ju kagenaga saku
KAG123 Kagenaga Kanbun (1661-1673)
因州住景長
inshu ju kagenaga
KAG131 Kagenaka Ōei (1394-1428)
因州住景仲
inshu ju kagenaka
KAG221 Kageyama Shōwa (1926-1989)
景山弓畔
kageyama kyūhan
KAI1 Kaimoto Koto (987-1596)
甲斐夲
kaimoto
KAI1 Kaimoto Koto (987-1596)
kaibon
KAI6 Kaichu Koto (987-1596)
繼躰天皇御宇龍王作
keitai tennō gyou ryuō saku
KAN103 Kanekuni Shinto (1596-1781)
越中守包國
etchu no kami kanekuni
KAN1339 Kanemasa Shinto (1596-1781)
近江守源兼正
omi no kami minamoto kanemasa
KAN1349 Kanemasa Bunka (1804-1818)
無言水兼正
mugensui kanemasa
KAN1497 Kanemitsu Ansei (1854-1860)
妙一雲峰入道兼光
myōichi unpō nyudō kanemitsu
KAN1749 Kanenari Bunsei (1818-1830)
兼成
kanenari
KAN47 Kanehira Genroku (1688-1704)
信濃守包平
shinano no kami kanehira
KAN479 Kaneyuki Meiji (1868-1912)
野溝甲斐守源包行造
nomizo kai no kami minamoto kaneyuki tsukuru
KAN489 Kanechika Shōwa (1926-1989)
一文字金近
(kiku) ichimonji kanechika
KAN554 Kaneteru Genroku (1688-1704)
下総守藤原金英
shimosa no kami fujiwara kaneteru
KAN649 Kaneaki Tenmon (1532-1555)
兼開
kaneaki
KAN711 Kanefuji Koto (987-1596)
和泉守兼藤
izumi no kami kanefuji
KAN884 Kanehira Ōan (1368-1375) ND
美濃兼平
mino kanehira
tmpKIY655 Kiyomune
信濃國住宮入清宗作之
shinano kuni ju miyairi kiyomune saku kore
MUN87 Munehiro Shinshinto (1781-1912)
東都於宗弘
tōto oite munehiro
NAG134 Nagayasu Bunki (1501-1504)
本山住永安作
motoyama ju nagayasu saku
NAG134 Nagayasu Bunki (1501-1504)
山住永安作
yama ju nagayasu saku
NAG166 Nagahara Shinto (1596-1781)
長原
nagahara
NAG201 Nagahiro Koto (987-1596)
長洞
nagahiro
NAG37 Nagakuni Eishō (1504-1521)
永國作
nagakuni saku
NAG384 Naganori Koto (987-1596)
長永
naganori
NAG4 Nagahiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
青木氏藤原永央
aoki-shi fujiwara nagahiro
NAG405 Naganori Ōan (1368-1375) ND
橘長徳入道
tachibana naganori nyudō
NAG406 Nagaosa Meiō (1492-1501)
長長作
nagaosa saku
NAG492 Nagatsura Koto (987-1596)
長洞
nagatsura
NAG536 Nagayoshi Meiji (1868-1912)
生雲齋長善作
shōunsai nagayoshi saku
NAO167 Naoshige Tenpō (1830-1844)
正六位源直繁朝臣
shōrokui minamoto naoshige ason
NAO209 Naotsugu Meiji (1868-1912)
藤原直繼造之
fujiwara naotsugu tsukuru kore
NAO263 Naomori Koto (987-1596)
尚盛
naomori