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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
TAD254 Tadatsugu Shinano Enpō (1673-1681)
信州住藤原忠次
shinshū ju fujiwara tadatsugu
CHI126 Chikashige Shinano Bunan (1444-1449)
信州住近重
shinshū ju chikashige
NAG168 Nagaharu Shinano Kanei (1624-1644)
信州住長治
shinshū ju nagaharu
NAG169 Nagaharu Shinano Ansei (1854-1860)
信州住長治
shinshū ju nagaharu
NAG167 Nagaharu Shinano Tensho (1573-1592)
信州住長治造
shinshū ju nagaharu tsukuru
ARI232 Aritsune Shinano Ōei (1394-1428)
信州善光寺住有常
shinshū zenkoji ju kanenori
TOS326 Toshimasa Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信州小諸住壽昌
shinshū komoro ju toshimasa
SUK297 Sukemune Shinano Anei (1772-1781)
信州島田住助宗
shinshū shimada ju sukemune
KAN2612 Kanetora Shinano Kaei (1848-1854)
信州松代士兼虎
shinshū matsushiro-shi kanetora
NOB612 Nobuyoshi Shinano Keiō (1865-1868)
信州松本住信義
shinshū matsumoto ju nobuyoshi
SUK295 Sukemune Shinano Kanei (1624-1644)
信州松本住助宗
shinshū matsumoto ju sukemune
AKI56 Akimitsu Shinano Ansei (1854-1860)
信州池田住昭光
shinshu ikeda ju akimitsu
NOB209 Nobuie Shinano Kanei (1624-1644)
信州諏訪住丹藤原信舎源太郎作
shinshū suwa ju tan fujiwara nobuie gentaro saku
NOB210 Nobuie Shinano Tensho (1573-1592)
信州諏訪住藤原信舎
shinshū suwa ju fujiwara nobuie
KAN1045 Kaneie Kai Tensho (1573-1592)
信州飯田住兼家
shinshū iida ju kaneie
KAN1058 Kaneie Shinano Tenmon (1532-1555)
信州飯田住兼舍
shinshū iida ju kaneie
NOB638 Nobuyuki Shinano Bunkyū (1861-1864)
信州高島住信行
shinshū takashima ju nobuyuki
NOB184 Nobuhira Yamato Shoō (1288-1293)
信平
nobuhira
NOB138 Nobufusa Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
信房
nobufusa
NOB139 Nobufusa Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
信房
nobufusa
NOB137 Nobufusa Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
信房作
nobufusa saku
NOB138 Nobufusa Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
信房作
nobufusa saku
0000-0433 Nobufusa
信房作
nobufusa saku
0000-1397 Nobufusa
信房作
nobufusa saku
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
信明作
nobuaki saku
NOB540 Nobutsugu Bitchū Jōkyū (1219-1222)
信次
nobutsugu
NOB541 Nobutsugu Bitchū Einin (1293-1299)
信次
nobutsugu
NOB328 Nobumasa Echigo Ōei (1394-1428)
信正
nobumasa
NOB323 Nobumasa Bizen Bunji (1185-1190)
信正作
nobumasa saku
NOB386 Nobunaga Kaga Bunmei (1469-1487)
信永
nobunaga
NOB249 Nobukiyo Yamashiro Kōō (1389-1390) ND
信清
nobukiyo
TOS311 Toshihira Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信濃上田住花岡壽平
shinano ueda ju hanaoka toshihira
TAD108 Tadamasa Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信濃中津村工藤常太郎忠正
shinano nakatsumura kudō tsunetarō tadamasa
ARI231 Aritsune Shinano Teiji (1362-1368) ND
信濃住有常
shinano ju aritsune
NAG183 Nagahide Shinano Kōka (1844-1848)
信濃國三科住人源長英
shinano kuni mishina junin minamoto nagahide
SUK294 Sukemune Shinano Kanei (1624-1644)
信濃國之住於越前助宗作
shinano kuni no ju oite echizen sukemune saku
NAG441 Nagateru Shinano Kōka (1844-1848)
信濃國仁科住人源長英作
shinano kuni nishina junin minamoto nagateru saku
NAG158 Nagachika Shinano Manen (1860-1861)
信濃國仁科住長近高瀬川生鐵鍛錬之
shinano kuni nishina ju nagachika takasegawa sheitetsu tanren kore
tmpKIY655 Kiyomune
信濃國住宮入清宗作之
shinano kuni ju miyairi kiyomune saku kore
KIY74 Kiyohira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
信濃國住宮入清平作之
shinano kuni ju miyairi kiyohira saku kore
MOR543 Morichika Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
信濃國住小林清心齋盛近
shinano kuni ju kobayashi seishinsai morichika
NAO243 Naoyoshi Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信濃國住蓑一郎直嘉作
shinano kuni ju minoichirō naoyoshi saku
NOR36 Norichika Shinano Keichō (1596-1615)
信濃國住藤原則近於甲斐勝沼作之
shinano kuni ju fujiwara norichika oite kai katsunuma saku kore
KAN893 Kanehira Shinano Kaei (1848-1854)
信濃國兼平造
shinano kuni kanehira tsukuru
TOS326 Toshimasa Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信濃國壽昌
shinano kuni toshimasa
KAN526 Kanenori Shinano Taiei (1521-1528)
信濃國高科郡金伯作
shinano kuni takashina-gori kanenori saku
TAD88 Tadakuni Inaba Anei (1772-1781)
信濃大掾忠國
shinano daijō tadakuni
TAD89 Tadakuni Inaba Kyōwa (1801-1804)
信濃大掾忠國
shinano daijō tadakuni
TAD90 Tadakuni Inaba Bunka (1804-1818)
信濃大掾忠國
shinano daijō tadakuni
TAD95 Tadakuni Yamashiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
信濃大掾忠國
shinano daijō tadakuni