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ID Name Province Era Mei
MIT156 Mitsumune Yamato Tentoku (957-961)
光宗
mitsumune
MIT164 Mitsunaga Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備前國住光長
bizen kuni ju mitsunaga
MIT164 Mitsunaga Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船光長
bishū osafune mitsunaga
MIT169 Mitsunaga Kaga Shōchū (1324-1326)
賀州冨借住人藤島光長
kashu togashi junin fujishima mitsunaga
MIT169 Mitsunaga Kaga Shōchū (1324-1326)
藤島光長冨借住人
fujishima mitsunaga togashi junin
MIT169 Mitsunaga Kaga Shōchū (1324-1326)
賀州住人光長
kashu junin mitsunaga
MIT174 Mitsunaga Yamashiro Genkō (1321-1324)
平安城住光長
heianjo ju mitsunaga
MIT182 Mitsunobu Echigo Ōei (1394-1428)
桃川光信
momokawa mitsunobu
MIT182 Mitsunobu Echigo Ōei (1394-1428)
桃光信
momo mitsunobu
MIT188 Mitsunobu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
光信
mitsunobu
MIT195 Mitsunori Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船光則
bishū osafune mitsunori
MIT196 Mitsunori Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備前國吉井住光則
bizen kuni yoshii ju mitsunori
MIT196 Mitsunori Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船光則
bishū osafune mitsunori
MIT202 Mitsuoki Echigo Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後國住人遠藤光起
echigo kuni junin tōtō mitsuoki
MIT203 Mitsuoki Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後國沼垂住人遠藤光起
echigo kuni nuttari junin endō mitsuoki
MIT206 Mitsusada Hitachi Kakei (1387-1389) ND
来光定
rai mitsusada
MIT211 Mitsusada Yamashiro Shitoku (1384-1387) ND
来光定
rai mitsusada
MIT215 Mitsusada Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
濃州関住信濃少將光貞
nōshū seki ju shinano shōshō mitsusada
MIT217 Mitsuzane Awa (安房) Manen (1860-1861)
安房館山臣光眞
awa tateyama-shin mitsuzane
MIT220 Mitsuzane Iwami Eiroku (1558-1570)
石州出羽住光眞
sekishū izuha ju mitsuzane
MIT230 Mitsushige Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州尾道辰房光重
bishū onomichi shinbō mitsushige
MIT230 Mitsushige Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州辰房光重作
bishū shinbō mitsushige saku
MIT235 Mitsushige Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船光重
bishū osafune mitsushige
MIT235 Mitsushige Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州住人光重作
bishū junin mitsushige saku
MIT24 Mitsuchika Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備前國長船住光近
bizen kuni osafune ju mitsuchika
MIT240 Mitsushige Hizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
肥州住光重
hishū ju mitsushige
MIT252 Mitsushige Yamashiro Einin (1293-1299)
来光重
rai mitsushige
MIT252 Mitsushige Yamashiro Einin (1293-1299)
了戒光重
ryōkai mitsushige
MIT254 Mitsushiro Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
備州住秦光代
bishu ju hata mitsuyo
MIT254 Mitsushiro Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
肥後守秦光代
higo no kami hata mitsuyo
MIT255 Mitsusuke Yamato Eiwa (1375-1379) ND
大和國光夫
yamato kuni mitsusuke
MIT276 Mitsusue Bizen Koryaku (1379-1381) ND
備州長船光末
bishū osafune mitsusue
MIT281 Mitsutada Bizen Ryakunin (1238-1239)
備前國長船光忠
bizen kuni osafune mitsutada
MIT281 Mitsutada Bizen Ryakunin (1238-1239)
光忠造
mitsutada tsukuru
MIT3 Mitsuhide Tōtōmi Kansei (1789-1801)
遠州横須賀住三秀
enshū yokosuka ju mitsuhide
MIT3 Mitsuhide Tōtōmi Kansei (1789-1801)
遠江國横須賀住三秀
totomi kuni yokosuka ju mitsuhide
MIT302 Mitsutomo Yamato Shōwa (1312-1317)
和州葛城山麓光友
washū katsuragi sanroku mitsutomo
MIT306 Mitsutoshi Tajima Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
但州法華寺光俊
tanshū hōkkeji mitsutoshi
MIT306 Mitsutoshi Tajima Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
但州法城寺光俊
tanshū hōjōji mitsutoshi
MIT333 Mitsuyo Aki Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
安藝國光世作
aki kuni mitsuyo saku
MIT333 Mitsuyo Aki Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
光世
mitsuyo
MIT335 Mitsuyo Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
光世作
mitsuyo saku
MIT336 Mitsuyo Chikugo Einin (1293-1299)
光世作
mitsuyo saku
MIT337 Mitsuyo Chikugo Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
三池傅多光世
miike denta mitsuyo
MIT337 Mitsuyo Chikugo Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
藤原光世
fujiwara mitsuyo
MIT342 Mitsuyo Etchū Eikyō (1429-1441)
越中蠣波郡住光世
etchu kakiha-gori ju mitsuyo
MIT342 Mitsuyo Etchū Eikyō (1429-1441)
越中今村住光世
etchu imamura ju mitsuyo
MIT345 Mitsuyo Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥州光世作
hishū mitsuyo saku
MIT345 Mitsuyo Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥州大村住光世
hishū ōmura ju mitsuyo
MIT345 Mitsuyo Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥前大村住光世作
hizen ōmura ju mitsuyo saku