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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
KAN1246 Kanekuni Dewa Taiei (1521-1528)
出羽月山兼國作
dewa gassan kanekuni saku
KAN1277 Kanekura Dewa Kōka (1844-1848)
羽州住兼倉
ushū ju kanekura
KAN1640 Kanenaga Dewa Tenmon (1532-1555)
出羽月山兼永作
dewa gassan kanenaga saku
KAN1880 Kanenori Dewa Tenmon (1532-1555)
出羽國最上住兼則太左衛門造
dewa kuni mogami ju kanenori dasaemon tsukuru
KAN1881 Kanenori Dewa Genki (1570-1573)
出羽最上住兼則造
dewa mogami ju kanenori tsukuru
KAN277 Kanesada Dewa Tenpō (1830-1844)
出羽住包貞於武州江戸作之
dewa ju kanesada oite bushū edo saku kore
KAN557 Kanetoshi Dewa Tensho (1573-1592)
月山金利
gassan kanetoshi
KAN932 Kanehiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
秋田住兼廣
akita ju kanehiro
KAZ26 Kazumitsu Dewa Shōwa (1926-1989)
羽州庄内住池田一光作
ushū shōnai ju ikeda kazumitsu saku
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
羽州住池田一秀
ushū ju ikeda kazuhide
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
出羽國庄内住池田一秀入道
dewa kuni shōnai ju ikeda kazuhide nyudō
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
出羽國庄内住人藤原一秀造之
dewa kuni shōnai junin fujiwara kazuhide tsukuru kore
KAZ45 Kazusada Dewa Kaei (1848-1854)
庄内住池田一定
shōnai ju ikeda kazusada
MAS1122 Masatsugu Dewa Keiō (1865-1868)
秋元正次作
akimoto masatsugu saku
MAS1525 Masakane Dewa Hōei (1704-1711)
羽州米澤住政包
ushū yonezawa ju masakane
MAS1723 Masatoshi Dewa Tenmon (1532-1555)
月山昌利
gassan masatoshi
MUN177 Munemasa Dewa Kōka (1844-1848)
出羽國住藤原宗昌
dewa kuni ju fujiwara munemasa
MUN177 Munemasa Dewa Kōka (1844-1848)
羽州米澤下長井住尾形治郎左衛門宗昌作之
ushū yonezawa shimonagai ju ogata jirōsaemon munemasa saku kore
MUN538 Munetsugu Dewa Tensho (1573-1592)
月山宗次
gassan munetsugu
NAG212 Nagahisa Dewa Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
出羽國長久
dewa kuni nagahisa
NAG213 Nagahisa Dewa Kanpō (1741-1744)
羽州新庄住長久
ushū shinshō ju nagahisa
NAG291 Nagamitsu Dewa Meiō (1492-1501)
月山長光
gassan nagamitsu
NAG490 Nagatsune Dewa Kyōhō (1716-1736)
羽州新庄住源長恒
ūshū shinshō ju minamoto nagatsune
NAG491 Nagatsune Dewa Tenmei (1781-1789)
新庄住源長恒
shinshō ju minamoto nagatsune
NAO143 Naonobu Dewa Ansei (1854-1860)
米澤住直信
yonezawa ju naonobu
NAO143 Naonobu Dewa Ansei (1854-1860)
赤山入道直信
akayama nyudō naonobu
NAO147 Naonori Dewa Tenpō (1830-1844)
出羽國山形住直則作
dewa kuni yamagata ju naonori saku
NAO147 Naonori Dewa Tenpō (1830-1844)
雲州住月山直則
unshū ju gassan naonori
NAO32 Naohiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
小林孫六直廣
kobayashi magoroku naohiro
NAO32 Naohiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
米澤住小林孫六直廣作
yonezawa ju kobayashi magoroku naohiro saku
NI25 Nisshō Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
羽州住本妙寺日正作
ushū ju honmyōji nisshō saku
NOB32 Nobukage Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
羽州秋田住延景
ushū akita ju nobukage
NOB459 Nobushige Dewa Bunmei (1469-1487)
月山信重
gassan nobushige
NOB563 Nobuyasu Dewa Tenpō (1830-1844)
羽州米澤住信安
ushū yonezawa ju nobuyasu
NOB61 Nobunaga Dewa Genroku (1688-1704)
羽州庄内住延命
ushū shōnai ju nobunaga
NOR392 Noritsuna Dewa Kenei (1206-1207)
則綱
noritsuna
SHI344 Shigenaga Dewa Kansei (1789-1801)
下坂重長作
shimosaka shigenaga saku
SHI344 Shigenaga Dewa Kansei (1789-1801)
出羽於秋田下坂重長作
dewa oite akita shimosaka shigenaga saku
TAK166 Takahiko Dewa Bunka (1804-1818)
羽州住崇彦
ushū ju takahiko
TAK220 Takahide Dewa Bunka (1804-1818)
出羽國一宮別當賢秀
dewa kuni ichimiya bettō takahide
TAK24 Takahiro Dewa Kanbun (1661-1673)
羽州米澤住高廣
ushū yonezawa ju takahiro
TAK70 Takanobu Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
天野藤原高信作
amano fujiwara takanobu saku
TAK79 Takazane Dewa Bunkyū (1861-1864)
天野河内介藤原高眞
amano kawachi no suke fujiwara takazane
TAK79 Takazane Dewa Bunkyū (1861-1864)
天野河内守藤原高眞
amano kawachi no kami fujiwara takazane
TER22 Terumichi Dewa Kyōhō (1716-1736)
羽州住照道
ushū ju terumichi
TER28 Terumitsu Dewa Kyōhō (1716-1736)
羽州住法城寺橘照光
ushū ju hōjōji tachibana terumitsu
TER30 Terunao Dewa Meiji (1868-1912)
羽州住照直
ushū ju terunao
TOM156 Tomonori Dewa Shōhō (1644-1648)
濃州住友則
nōshū ju tomonori
TOM156 Tomonori Dewa Shōhō (1644-1648)
奥州会津住友則
ōshū aizu ju tomonori
TOM178 Tomosada Dewa Tenmon (1532-1555)
出羽國友定
dewa kuni tomosada