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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
YAS932 Yasushige Yamato Tokuji (1306-1308)
千手院康重作
senjuin yasushige saku
YOS100 Yoshihiro Yamato Bunna (1352-1356) ND
大和國平住人千手院吉弘
yamato kuni taira junin senjuin yoshihiro
YOS1296 Yoshisada Yamato Keichō (1596-1615)
和州南都住藤原賀貞
washū nanto ju fujiwara yoshisada
YOS144 Yoshihiro Yamato Kanō (1350-1352) ND
藤原吉廣於和州高田住
fujiwara yoshihiro oite washū takata ju
YOS1441 Yoshihiro Yamato Shōwa (1312-1317)
大和國添上郡千手院義弘
yamato kuni soekami-gori senjuin yoshihiro
YOS1461 Yoshihiro Yamato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
大和國添上郡千手院義廣
yamato kuni soekami-gori senjuin yoshihiro
YOS1691 Yoshitada Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州住義忠
washū ju yoshitada
YOS472 Yoshimitsu Yamato Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
大和國住吉光
yamato kuni ju yoshimitsu
YOS718 Yoshisada Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
和州住吉定
washū ju yoshisada
YUK397 Yukinobu Yamato Chōshō (1132-1135)
千手院行信
senjuin yukinobu
KUN1716 Kuniyasu Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州包永末葉出羽守藤原國保
washū kanenaga suiba dewa no kami fujiwara kuniyasu
MAS595 Masamune Yamato Tensho (1573-1592)
和州南都住藤原正宗
washū nanto ju fujiwara masamune
MOT43 Motokiyo Yamato Genō (1319-1321)
大和元清
yamato motokiyo
MOT46 Motokiyo Yamato Genki (1570-1573)
和州南都住金房元清
washū nanto ju kanabō motokiyo
SAD776 Sadatsugu Yamato Kōsho (1455-1457)
大和國住貞次
yamato kuni ju sadatsugu
YAS931 Yasushige Yamato Kenji (1275-1278)
千手院康重
senjuin yasushige
YOS143 Yoshihiro Yamato Kōkoku (1340-1346)
大和國千手院住源吉廣
yamato kuni senjuin ju minamoto yoshihiro
YOS473 Yoshimitsu Yamato Shōchū (1324-1326)
大和國住吉光
yamato kuni ju yoshimitsu
YOS1462 Yoshihiro Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
大和千手院義廣
yamato senjuin yoshihiro
YUK401 Yukinobu Yamato Jōkyū (1219-1222)
大和國住行信
yamato kuni ju yukinobu
YUK403 Yukinobu Yamato Shōgen (1259-1260)
大和國住人行信
yamato kuni junin yukinobu
YUK406 Yukinobu Yamato Enbun (1356-1361) ND
千手院行信
senjuin yukinobu
SAD532 Sadamoto Yamato Genō (1319-1321)
高内住貞材
takachi ju sadamoto
SAD400 Sadaie Yamato Bunpō (1317-1319)
大和國住人貞家
yamato kuni junin sadaie
SAD400 Sadaie Yamato Bunpō (1317-1319)
高内住貞家
takachi ju sadaie
SAD417 Sadaki Yamato Genō (1319-1321)
高内住貞材
takachi ju sadaki
SAD508 Sadamitsu Yamato Tenju (1375-1381)
大和國住貞光作
yamato kuni ju sadamitsu saku
SAD903 Sadayuki Yamato Kōsho (1455-1457)
貞行
sadayuki
MOT189 Motochika Yamato Kenpō (1213-1219)
基近
motochika
HIR43 Hiromichi Yamato Shōwa (1312-1317)
弘道
hiromichi
ARI107 Arimitsu Kawachi Ōei (1394-1428)
有王有光
ariō arimitsu
ARI152 Ariō Kawachi Ōei (1394-1428)
有王有
ariō arimitsu
ARI152 Ariō Kawachi Ōei (1394-1428)
有王
ariō
ARI168 Arishige Kawachi Kanshō (1460-1466)
河内國住有重作
kawachi kuni ju arishige saku
ARI239 Aritsune Kawachi Chōroku (1457-1460)
有經
aritsune
ARI45 Arikuni Kawachi Shōryaku (990-995)
河内國住有國作
kawachi kuni ju arikuni saku
ARI45 Arikuni Kawachi Shōryaku (990-995)
京有國作
kiyo arikuni saku
ARI49 Arikuni Kawachi Bunmei (1469-1487)
河内國住有國作
kawachi kuni ju arikuni saku
ARI50 Arikuni Kawachi Tenmon (1532-1555)
有國藤五郎
arikuni tōgorō
ARI9 Arihira Kawachi Shinto (1596-1781)
越後守藤原有平
echigo no kami fujiwara arihira
KAN40 Kanehira Kawachi Kencho (1249-1256)
秦包平
hata kanehira
KAN41 Kanehira Kawachi Ōei (1394-1428)
河内國秦包平
kawachi kuni hata kanehira
KAN42 Kanehira Kawachi Kōsho (1455-1457)
河内國包平作
kawachi kuni kanehira saku
KAN42 Kanehira Kawachi Kōsho (1455-1457)
河内國住包平
kawachi kuni ju kanehira
KAN43 Kanehira Kawachi Chōkyō (1487-1489)
河内國住包平
kawachi kuni ju kanehira
KAN44 Kanehira Kawachi Kyōhō (1716-1736)
河州佐山住秦包平
kashū sayama ju hata kanehira
KAN882 Kanehira Kawachi Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
秦兼平作
hata kanehira saku
KAN883 Kanehira Kawachi Shōchō (1428-1429)
秦兼平
hata kanehira
MAS894 Masashige Kawachi Kanshō (1460-1466)
河内國茨田郡出口正重作
kawachi kuni ibarada-gori deguchi masashige saku
TOM223 Tomoteru Kawachi Ansei (1854-1860)
舞鶴友英作
maizuru tomoteru saku