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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
FUS3 Fusakazu Higo Genji (1864-1865)
肥後國高橋房和造之
higo kuni takahashi fusakazu tsukuru kore
FUY65 Fuyukuni Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
肥後住人冬國作
higo junin fuyukuni saku
FUY65 Fuyukuni Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
肥後住冬國
higo ju fuyukuni
FUY65 Fuyukuni Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
菊池住人冬國作
kikuchi junin fuyukuni saku
HAR19 Harukuni Higo Tenmon (1532-1555)
肥州石貫治國作
hishū ishinuki harukuni saku
HAR19 Harukuni Higo Tenmon (1532-1555)
肥州菊池住治國
hishū kikuchi ju harukuni
HYO2 Hyōbu Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫兵部
kyushū higo dotanuki hyōbu
KAD4 Kadokatsu Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
菊池住門勝
kikuchi ju kadokatsu
KAD5 Kadokatsu Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
菊池住門勝
kikuchi ju kadokatsu
KAD6 Kadokuni Higo Hōtoku (1449-1452)
肥州菊池住門國
hishū kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAD7 Kadokuni Higo Bunmei (1469-1487)
菊池住門國
kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAD8 Kadokuni Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
菊池住門國
kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAD9 Kadokuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
菊池住門國
kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAG179 Kagesuke Higo Bunmei (1469-1487)
肥州玉名住石貫景介作
hishū tamana ju ishinuki kagesuke saku
KAG179 Kagesuke Higo Bunmei (1469-1487)
肥後菊池石貫景介
higo kikuchi ishinuki kagesuke
KAG242 Kageyoshi Higo Bunmei (1469-1487)
肥州玉名石貫景吉
hishū tamana ishinuki kageyoshi
KAG272 Kageyuki Higo Ōnin (1467-1469)
肥州石貫景行
hishū ishinuki kageyuki
KAG57 Kagemasa Higo Keichō (1596-1615)
上野大掾平景和
kōzuke daijō taira kagemasa
KAN196 Kanenaga Higo Kanei (1624-1644)
肥後國千刀包永
higo kuni sentō kanenaga
KAN196 Kanenaga Higo Kanei (1624-1644)
藤原包永
fujiwara kanenaga
KAN196 Kanenaga Higo Kanei (1624-1644)
千刀包永三齋之作
sentō kanenaga sansai no saku
KAN307 Kaneshige Higo Kanbun (1661-1673)
隈本住藤原包重
kumamoto ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN308 Kaneshige Higo Jokyō (1684-1688)
肥後隈本住藤原包重
higo kumamoto ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN309 Kaneshige Higo Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國住人包重
hizen kuni junin kaneshige
KAN38 Kanehira Higo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
山包平
yama kanehira
KAN964 Kanehisa Higo Koto (987-1596)
肥州住兼久
hishū ju kanehisa
KIY127 Kiyokuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥後國同田貫清國
higo kuni dotanuki kiyokuni
KIY127 Kiyokuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥州住藤原清國作
hishū ju fujiwara kuyokuni saku
KO6 Kōzukenosuke Higo Keichō (1596-1615)
九州肥後同田貫上野介
kyushū higo dotanuki kōzukenosuke
KO6 Kōzukenosuke Higo Keichō (1596-1615)
肥州菊池住同田貫上野介
hishū kikuchi ju dotanuki kōzukenosuke
KUN110 Kunihide Higo Bunmei (1469-1487)
菊池住國秀
kikuchi ju kunihide
KUN112 Kunihide Higo Kansei (1789-1801)
肥後國延壽國村末孫國秀
higo kuni enju kunimura masson kunihide
KUN112 Kunihide Higo Kansei (1789-1801)
謹延壽國秀造之
kin enju kunihide tsukuru kore
KUN112 Kunihide Higo Kansei (1789-1801)
東肥國日出
tōhi kunihide
KUN112 Kunihide Higo Kansei (1789-1801)
謹延源國秀
enju minamoto kunihide
KUN115 Kunihide Higo Tenpō (1830-1844)
薩刀冶延壽國秀
satsu tōya enju kunihide
KUN1212 Kunisuke Higo Tenju (1375-1381)
肥州菊池住國資
hishū kikuchi ju kunisuke
KUN1292 Kunitoki Higo Kenji (1275-1278)
肥州菊池住國時
hishū kikuchi ju kunitoki
KUN1293 Kunitoki Higo Kōkoku (1340-1346)
肥後菊池住人國時
higo kikuchi junin kunitoki
KUN1293 Kunitoki Higo Kōkoku (1340-1346)
肥州菊池住人國時
hishū kikuchi junin kunitoki
KUN1294 Kunitoki Higo Bunpō (1317-1319)
肥州菊池住人國時
hishū kikuchi junin kunitoki
KUN1294 Kunitoki Higo Bunpō (1317-1319)
肥州住國時
hishū ju kunitoki
KUN1296 Kunitoki Higo Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
肥州菊池住國時作
hishū kikuchi ju kunitoki saku
KUN1296 Kunitoki Higo Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
延壽國時
enju kunitoki
KUN1322 Kunitomo Higo Bunpō (1317-1319)
肥州左衛門尉藤原國友
hishū saemonjō fujiwara kunitomo
KUN1477 Kunitsugu Higo Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
左衛門尉藤原國次
saemonjō fujiwara kunitsugu
KUN1482 Kunitsugu Higo Enpō (1673-1681)
山城守藤原國次
yamashiro no kami fujiwara kunitsugu
KUN1608 Kunitsuna Higo Shōhei (1346-1370)
肥州左衛門尉國綱
hishū saemonjō kunitsuna
KUN1608 Kunitsuna Higo Shōhei (1346-1370)
肥後左衛門尉國綱
higo saemonjō kunitsuna
KUN1608 Kunitsuna Higo Shōhei (1346-1370)
肥州菊池住左衛門尉國綱
hishū kikuchi ju saemonjō kunitsuna