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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
TAK254 Takenori Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
三河國蒲郡住藤原武則
mikawa kuni gama-gōri ju fujiwara takenori
NAG216 Nagahisa Tsushima Keichō (1596-1615)
對州住長久
taishū ju nagahisa
NAG548 Nagayuki Tsushima Keiō (1865-1868)
對州住長之
taishū ju nagayuki
NAG563 Nagayuki Tsushima Kanei (1624-1644)
對州住長幸造
taishū ju nagayuki tsukuru
MAS1448 Masayuki Iki Bunka (1804-1818)
壹岐國住月州山正行
iki kuni ju gasshūzan masayuki
AKI33 Akiyasu Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平明安
naminohira akiyasu
ATS2 Atsukura Satsuma Eiroku (1558-1570)
薩州波平藤原篤倉
sasshū naminohira fujiwara atsukura
CHI149 Chikayasu Satsuma Juei (1182-1184)
備前國近安
bizen kuni chikayasu
CHI150 Chikayasu Satsuma Tokuji (1306-1308)
薩州波平近安
sashū naminohira chikayasu
CHI150 Chikayasu Satsuma Tokuji (1306-1308)
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI151 Chikayasu Satsuma Genko (1331-1336)
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI152 Chikayasu Satsuma Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI153 Chikayasu Satsuma Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI154 Chikayasu Satsuma Meiō (1492-1501)
波平近安作
naminohira chikayasu saku
CHI190 Chikayasu Satsuma Kentoku (1370-1372)
薩州波平親安作
sashu naminohira chikayasu saku
CHI190 Chikayasu Satsuma Kentoku (1370-1372)
波平親安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI191 Chikayasu Satsuma Entoku (1489-1492)
波平親安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI29 Chikayoshi Satsuma Kentoku (1370-1372)
波平周吉
naminohira chikayoshi
FUS30 Fusayasu Satsuma Tensho (1573-1592)
薩州住波平房安作
sashū ju naminohira fusayasu saku
HAR54 Haruyuki Satsuma Kōji (1555-1558)
波平治行作
naminohira haruyuki saku
HAR54 Haruyuki Satsuma Kōji (1555-1558)
薩摩治行
satsuma haruyuki
HID139 Hideoki Satsuma Enpō (1673-1681)
奥和泉掾藤原秀興
oku izumi no jō fujiwara hideoki
HID139 Hideoki Satsuma Enpō (1673-1681)
和泉守秀興
izumi no kami hideoki
HID139 Hideoki Satsuma Enpō (1673-1681)
薩州住秀興
sashū ju hideoki
HIR192 Hiromori Satsuma Tenpō (1830-1844)
薩州平寛盛
sashū taira hiromori
HIR192 Hiromori Satsuma Tenpō (1830-1844)
平寛盛
taira hiromori
HIS156 Hisayasu Satsuma Shinto (1596-1781)
波平久宴
naminohira hisayasu
IYE334 Ietoshi Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平家利作
naminohira ietoshi saku
IYE428 Ieyasu Satsuma Shōwa (1312-1317)
波平家安
naminohira ieyasu
IYE428 Ieyasu Satsuma Shōwa (1312-1317)
薩州住人波平家安
sashū junin naminohira ieyasu
IYE428 Ieyasu Satsuma Shōwa (1312-1317)
薩州谷山波平草家安法師
sashū taniyama naminohira kusa ieyasu hōshi
IYE432 Ieyasu Satsuma Ōei (1394-1428)
薩州谷山波平草家安法師
sashū taniyama naminohira kusa ieyasu hōshi
JUN3 Junkei Satsuma Bunkyū (1861-1864)
谷山義純入道純慶
taniyama yoshizumi nyudō junkei
KAD3 Kado Satsuma Eiroku (1558-1570)
薩州住門作
sashū ju kado saku
KAG245 Kageyoshi Satsuma Hōei (1704-1711)
薩州住景吉
sashū ju kageyoshi
KAG275 Kageyuki Satsuma Bunmei (1469-1487)
波平景行作
naminohira kageyuki saku
KAN1219 Kanekiyo Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平兼清作
naminohira kanekiyo saku
KAN1694 Kanenaga Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
薩州住兼長
sashu ju kanenaga
KAN1695 Kanenaga Satsuma Kanei (1624-1644)
薩州住兼長
sashu ju kanenaga
KAN465 Kaneyoshi Satsuma Shōtoku (1711-1716)
攝州住包善
sesshū ju kaneyoshi
KIY135 Kiyomasa Satsuma Enkyō (1744-1748)
薩州喜入住伊勢守藤原清方
sashū kiiri ju ise no kami fujiwara kiyomasa
KIY135 Kiyomasa Satsuma Enkyō (1744-1748)
伊勢守藤原清方
ise no kami fujiwara kiyomasa
KIY135 Kiyomasa Satsuma Enkyō (1744-1748)
薩州住伊勢守清方
sashū ju ise no kami kiyomasa
KIY260 Kiyomitsu Satsuma Eiroku (1558-1570)
薩州鹿兒島住清光
sashū kagoshima ju kiyomitsu
KIY341 Kiyonari Satsuma Taiei (1521-1528)
薩州波平清作
sashū naminohira kiyonari
KIY400 Kiyooki Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
薩州喜入住清興
sashū kiiiri ju kiyooki
KIY400 Kiyooki Satsuma Kyōhō (1716-1736)
清興入道作
kiyooki nyudō saku
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
薩州鹿兒島住清左
sashū kagoshima ju kiyosuke
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
鹿兒島住波平清左
kagoshima ju naminohira kiyosuke
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
薩州波平清左作
sashū naminohira kiyosuke saku