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ID Name Province Era Mei
MAS947 Masatada Ugo Kōka (1844-1848)
出羽秋田住源正忠造
dewa akita ju minamoto masatada tsukuru
MAS948 Masatada Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
常州住常陸太郎源正忠作
jōshū ju hitachi tarō minamoto masatada [age 70] saku
MAS948 Masatada Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
常陸住正忠
hitachi ju masatada
MAS956 Masataka Hōki Shōwa (1926-1989)
伯耆國住正孝
hoki kuni ju masataka
MAS960 Masataka Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
南海太郎正尊
nankai tarō masataka
MAS962 Masataka Settsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
尾崎長門守天龍子藤原正隆
ozaki nagato no kami tenryushi fujiwara masataka
MAS972 Masateru Higo Bunsei (1818-1830)
肥後國住小山正照
higo kuni ju koyama masateru
MAS973 Masateru Kai Keiō (1865-1868)
甲陽住弥左衛門正照
kōyo ju yasaemon masateru
MAS975 Masateru Musashi Jokyō (1684-1688)
法城寺越前守橘正照
hōjōji echizen no kami tachibana masateru
MAS997 Masatomo Iwaki Genroku (1688-1704)
攝津守源正友入道作
settsu no kami minamoto masatomo nyudō saku
MAS997 Masatomo Iwaki Genroku (1688-1704)
和泉守正友
izumi no kami masatomo
MAT1 Matahachi Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
同田貫又八
dotanuki matahachi
MAT1 Matahachi Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫又八
kyushū higo dotanuki matahachi
MI6 Mike Chikugo Koto (987-1596)
三池
mike
MI6 Mike Chikugo Koto (987-1596)
三木
miki
MIC109 Michishige Hyūga Tenmon (1532-1555)
通重作
michishige saku
MIC111 Michiyoshi Hyūga Eishō (1504-1521)
日州薬師堂通吉作
nishū yakushidō michiyoshi saku
MIC25 Michikiyo Suō Kōsho (1455-1457)
二王道清
niō michikiyo
MIC56 Michishige Iwashiro Anei (1772-1781)
奥州会津住道重
ōshū aizu ju michishige
MIC63 Michitoki Iwashiro Genroku (1688-1704)
若狭守藤原道辰
wakasa no kami fujiwara michitoki
MIC65 Michitoki Iwashiro Tenmei (1781-1789)
奥州会津住道辰
ōshū aizu ju michitoki
MIC65 Michitoki Iwashiro Tenmei (1781-1789)
陸奥会津住藤原道辰
mutsu aizu ju fujiwara michitoki
MIC65 Michitoki Iwashiro Tenmei (1781-1789)
若狭守藤原道辰
wakasa no kami fujiwara michitoki
MIC66 Michitoki Iwashiro Bunka (1804-1818)
奥州会津住道辰
ōshū aizu ju michitoki
MIC66 Michitoki Iwashiro Bunka (1804-1818)
陸奥会津住藤原道辰
mutsu aizu ju fujiwara michitoki
MIC68 Michitoki Iwashiro Bunkyū (1861-1864)
奥州会津住道辰
ōshū aizu ju michitoki
MIC70 Michitoshi Musashi Kaei (1848-1854)
幡龍齋道俊
banryūsai michitoshi
MIC70 Michitoshi Musashi Kaei (1848-1854)
源道俊
minamoto michitoshi
MIC72 Michitoshi Musashi Keiō (1865-1868)
幡龍齋道壽作
banryūsai michitoshi saku
MIC79 Michiyasu Iwami Taiei (1521-1528)
石州出羽住道寧
sekishū izuha ju michiyasu
MIC89 Michiaki Hyūga Eiroku (1558-1570)
日州住通明
nishū ju michiaki
MIC91 Michiaki Wakasa Tenmon (1532-1555)
若州住通明
jakushū ju michiaki
MIC97 Michihide Hyūga Eishō (1504-1521)
日州薬師堂住通英作
nishū yakushidō ju michihide saku
MIT100 Mitsukuni Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州住藤原光圀
kashū ju fujiwara mitsukuni
MIT101 Mitsukuni Kaga Jōō (1652-1655)
加州住藤原光國
kashū ju fujiwara mitsukuni
MIT101 Mitsukuni Kaga Jōō (1652-1655)
加州住炭宮光國
kashū ju sumimiya mitsukuni
MIT102 Mitsukuni Kaga Genroku (1688-1704)
加州住藤原光國
kashū ju fujiwara mitsukuni
MIT118 Mitsumasa Izumi Teiji (1362-1368) ND
光正
mitsumasa
MIT118 Mitsumasa Izumi Teiji (1362-1368) ND
泉州住光正
senshū ju mitsumasa
MIT119 Mitsumasa Izumi Eikyō (1429-1441)
泉州住光正作
senshū ju mitsumasa saku
MIT120 Mitsumasa Izumi Bunmei (1469-1487)
泉州住光正
senshū ju mitsumasa
MIT127 Mitsumasa Chikuzen Meiwa (1764-1772)
筑前國信國住光昌
chikuzen kuni nobukuni ju mitsumasa
MIT127 Mitsumasa Chikuzen Meiwa (1764-1772)
信國光昌造
nobukuni mitsumasa tsukuru
MIT128 Mitsumasa Owari Kyōhō (1716-1736)
尾州若狭守光將
bishū wakasa no kami mitsumasa
MIT132 Mitsumori Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
光守
mitsumori
MIT132 Mitsumori Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
光守造
mitsumori tsukuru
MIT133 Mitsumori Bizen Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州長船光守
bishū osafune mitsumori
MIT138 Mitsumori Satsuma Ōnin (1467-1469)
波平光守
naminohira mitsumori
MIT145 Mitsumune Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船光宗
bishū osafune mitsumune
MIT148 Mitsumune Etchū Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
光宗造
mitsumune tsukuru