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ID Name Province Erasort icon Mei
NOB119 Nobuyuki Bungo Meiō (1492-1501)
豊後國住信行
bungo kuni ju nobuyuki
NOB211 Nobuie Kaga Meiō (1492-1501)
和泉守藤原信屋
izumi no kami fujiwara nobuie
NOB221 Nobuie Yamashiro Meiō (1492-1501)
長部谷信家
hasebe nobuie
NOB407 Nobunao Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船信直
bishū osafune nobunao
NOB55 Nobumitsu Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州関住延光
nōshū seki ju nobumitsu
NOR340 Norisue Hizen Meiō (1492-1501)
肥前國則末
hizen kuni norisue
SAD34 Sadahiro Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
相州住定廣作
sōshū ju sadahiro saku
SAD577 Sadanobu Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道住五阿弥貞信
bishū onomichi ju goami sadanobu
SAD577 Sadanobu Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道住貞信
bishū onomichi ju sadanobu
SAN477 Saneshige Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道辰房真重
bishū onomichi shinbō saneshige
SAN477 Saneshige Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備後尾道住真重
bingo onomichi ju saneshige
SAN97 Sanekuni Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多眞國
uda sanekuni
SAN98 Sanekuni Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多眞國
uda sanekuni
SHI859 Shizutaka Bungo Meiō (1492-1501)
平鎭高作
taira shizutaka saku
SUK347 Sukenaga Ōmi Meiō (1492-1501)
江州蒲生住助長作
gōshū gamo ju sukenaga saku
SUK347 Sukenaga Ōmi Meiō (1492-1501)
江州住助長
gōshū ju sukenaga
SUK783 Sukesada Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船住彦兵衛尉祐定作
bishū osafune ju hikobeijō sukesada saku
SUK783 Sukesada Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備前國住長船祐定作
bizen kuni ju osafune sukesada saku
TAD135 Tadamitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船忠光
bishū osafune tadamitsu
TAD201 Tadasada Izumo Meiō (1492-1501)
雲州住忠貞作
unshū ju tadasada saku
TAK140 Takayasu Satsuma Meiō (1492-1501)
波平高安
naminohira takayasu
TAK271 Takenaga Chikugo Meiō (1492-1501)
大石孟永
ōishi takenaga
TAK69 Takanobu Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備後國住高信
bingo kuni ju takanobu
TAM134 Tameto Tosa Meiō (1492-1501)
土州住爲遠
tōshū ju tametō
TAT4 Tatsubō Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道辰房
bishū onomichi tatsubō
TAT5 Tatsubō Tajima Meiō (1492-1501)
但州糸井辰房
tanshū itoi tatsubō
TOM192 Tomoshige Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多友重
uda tomoshige
TOM271 Tomotsuna Kaga Meiō (1492-1501)
藤島友綱
fujishima tomotsuna
TOM396 Tomoyasu Satsuma Meiō (1492-1501)
波平朋安
naminohira tomoyasu
TOM459 Tomoie Chikugo Meiō (1492-1501)
大石住朝舍
ōishi ju tomoie
TOM56 Tomoie Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多友家
uda tomoie
TOM94 Tomomitsu Echizen Meiō (1492-1501)
藤島友光
fujishima tomomitsu
TOS16 Toshiyasu Satsuma Meiō (1492-1501)
波平年安
naminohira toshiyasu
TOS48 Toshimitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船利光
bishū osafune toshimitsu
TOS64 Toshimune Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多利宗
uda toshimune
TOS97 Toshinobu Satsuma Meiō (1492-1501)
波平利延
naminohira toshinobu
TSU145 Tsuguyoshi Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州住次吉
bishū ju tsuguyoshi
TSU41 Tsuguhiro Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
相州藤澤次廣
sōshū fujisawa tsuguhiro
TSU457 Tsuneyoshi Yamashiro Meiō (1492-1501)
了戒恒能作
ryōkai tsuneyoshi saku
TSU504 Tsuneyuki Bungo Meiō (1492-1501)
豊後住藤原常行作
bungo ju fujiwara tsuneyuki saku
TSU60 Tsugukane Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州次兼
nōshū tsugukane
UJI204 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Meiō (1492-1501)
阿州住海部氏吉作
ashū ju kaifu ujiyoshi saku
UJI204 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Meiō (1492-1501)
阿州氏吉作
ashū ujiyoshi saku
YAS840 Yasumichi Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州住康道
noshu ju yasumichi
YAS840 Yasumichi Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
千手院康道作
senjuin yasumichi saku
YAS840 Yasumichi Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州千手院康道作
noshu senjuin yasumichi saku
YOS1239 Yoshinao Buzen Meiō (1492-1501)
信國能直作
nobukuni yoshinao saku
YOS1268 Yoshitsugu Buzen Meiō (1492-1501)
了戒能次作
ryōkai yoshitsugu saku
YOS132 Yoshihiro Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
相州住吉廣
sōshū ju yoshihiro
YOS1673 Yoshisuke Suruga Meiō (1492-1501)
駿州島田住義助作
sunshū shimada ju yoshisuke saku