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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
NAO237 Naoyoshi Buzen Hōtoku (1449-1452)
了直能
ryō naoyoshi
NAO238 Naoyoshi Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒直能作
ryōkai naoyoshi saku
NAO239 Naoyoshi Buzen Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒直能
ryōkai naoyoshi
NAO241 Naoyoshi Buzen Tensho (1573-1592)
了戒直能
ryōkai naoyoshi
NAO242 Naoyoshi Yamashiro Kakei (1387-1389) ND
了戒直能作
ryōkai naoyoshi saku
NAO243 Naoyoshi Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信濃國住蓑一郎直嘉作
shinano kuni ju minoichirō naoyoshi saku
NAO245 Naoyoshi Mikawa Kaei (1848-1854)
泉心子直義
senshinshi naoyoshi
NAO245 Naoyoshi Mikawa Kaei (1848-1854)
源直義
minamoto naoyoshi
NAO247 Naoyuki Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道住五阿弥直行作
bishū onomichi ju goami naoyuki saku
NAO248 Naoyuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住五阿彌直行
bishū ju goami naoyuki
NAO248 Naoyuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州尾道住五阿彌直行作
bishū onomichi ju goami naoyuki saku
NAO249 Naoyuki Bizen Einin (1293-1299)
備前國長船住直行
bizen kuni osafune ju naoyuki
NAO250 Naoyuki Bungo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
豊後國鬼鏡直行造之
bungo kuni onikagami naoyuki tsukuru kore
NAO250 Naoyuki Bungo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
於肥前唐津直行
oite hizen karatsu naoyuki
NAO251 Naoyuki Bungo Tensho (1573-1592)
直行
naoyuki
NAO252 Naoyuki Hizen Genbun (1736-1741)
豊後國鬼鏡直行造之
bungo kuni kikyō naoyuki tsukuru kore
NAO252 Naoyuki Hizen Genbun (1736-1741)
於肥前唐津直行造
oite hizen karatsu naoyuki tsukuru
NAO253 Naoyuki Shimotsuke Bunsei (1818-1830)
雲龍子直行
unryūshi naoyuki
NAO254 Naoyuki Higo Tenpō (1830-1844)
肥後八代住直幸
higo yatsushiro ju nobuyoshi
NAO273 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後高田住藤原尚行
bungo takata ju fujiwara naoyuki
NAO273 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後國藤原尚行
bungo kuni fujiwara naoyuki
NAO274 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後高田住藤原尚行
bungo takata ju fujiwara naoyuki
NAO274 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊州高田住藤原尚行
hōshū takata ju fujiwara naoyuki
NAO157 Naozane Iwami Eishō (1504-1521)
出羽住直眞
izuha ju naozane
NAR4 Narichika Bizen Jōei (1232-1233)
備前國成近
bizen kuni narichika
NAR6 Narichika Hōki Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
伯州住成近
hakushū ju narichika
NAR7 Narihiro Bizen Tenju (1375-1381)
備州長船成弘
bishū osafune narihiro
NAR8 Narihiro Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
城州堀川住成廣
jōshū horikawa ju narihiro
NAR8 Narihiro Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
洛陽堀川住成廣造
rakuyō horikawa ju narihiro tsukuru
NAR10 Nariie Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
成家
nariie
NAR11 Nariie Bitchū Genko (1331-1336)
成家
nariie
NAR12 Nariie Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備州長船住成家
bishū osafune ju nariie
NAR12 Nariie Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備前國住成家
bizen kuni ju nariie
NAR13 Nariie Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船成家
bishū osafune nariie
NAR15 Nariie Hyūga Hōtoku (1449-1452)
日州兒湯郡廣野田住人日下部成家
nichishū koyu-gori hironoda junin kusakabe nariie
NAR9 Nariie Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
成家
nariie
NAR105 Narikage Bizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
備州長船業景
bishū osafune narikage
NAR16 Narikage Bizen Eiwa (1375-1379) ND
備州長船成景
bishū osafune narikage
NAR18 Narikane Bizen Tenei (1110-1113)
備前國成包作
bizen kuni narikane saku
NAR20 Narikane Bizen Ninji (1240-1243)
備前國成包作
bizen kuni narikane saku
NAR22 Narikane Bizen Shōan (1299-1302)
備州長船住成包
bishū osafune ju narikane
NAR24 Narikane Bizen Genō (1319-1321)
備州吉岡住成包
bishū yoshioka ju narikane
NAR25 Narikane Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船成包作
bishū osafune narikane saku
NAR26 Narikuni Etchū Chōkyō (1487-1489)
宇多成國
uda narikuni
NAR28 Narikuni Harima Entoku (1489-1492)
赤松成國作
akamatsu narikuni saku
NAR29 Narikuni Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住成國
jōshū ju narikuni
NAR31 Narimasa Genna (1615-1624)
肥前守成當
hizen no kami narimasa
NAR32 Narimitsu Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備州長船成光
bishū osafune narimitsu
NAR33 Narimitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船成光
bishū osafune narimitsu
NAR34 Narimitsu Bizen Entoku (1489-1492)
備州長船成光
bishū osafune narimitsu