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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
NOB670 Nobuyoshi Bungo Bunan (1444-1449)
了戒宣能作
ryōkai nobuyoshi saku
IYE466 Ieyoshi Yamashiro Ōei (1394-1428)
了戒家能
ryōkai ieyoshi
IYE462 Ieyoshi Bungo Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒家能作
ryōkai ieyoshi saku
NOB5 Nobu Buzen Kanshō (1460-1466)
了戒延作
ryōkai nobu saku
NOB64 Nobunari Buzen Kanshō (1460-1466)
了戒延作
ryōkai nobunari
NOB116 Nobuyoshi Yamashiro Meiō (1492-1501)
了戒延吉作
ryōkai nobuyoshi saku
NOR527 Noriyoshi Buzen Eikyō (1429-1441)
了戒徳能作
ryōkai noriyoshi saku
NOR529 Noriyoshi Buzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
了戒徳能作
ryōkai noriyoshi saku
NOR530 Noriyoshi Yamashiro Tenmon (1532-1555)
了戒徳能作
ryōkai noriyoshi saku
TSU456 Tsuneyoshi Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒恒能
ryōkai tsuneyoshi
TSU455 Tsuneyoshi Bungo Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒恒能作
ryōkai tsuneyoshi saku
TSU457 Tsuneyoshi Yamashiro Meiō (1492-1501)
了戒恒能作
ryōkai tsuneyoshi saku
HAR111 Haruyuki Yamashiro Ōei (1394-1428)
了戒春行作
ryōkai haruyoshi saku
KAG259 Kageyoshi Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒景能作
ryōkai kageyoshi saku
KAG260 Kageyoshi Buzen Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒景能作
ryōkai kageyoshi saku
KAG261 Kageyoshi Iwashiro Ōei (1394-1428)
了戒景能作
ryōkai kageyoshi saku
SUY113 Suesada Yamashiro Ōei (1394-1428)
了戒末貞
ryōkai suesada
NAO234 Naoyoshi Bungo Ōan (1368-1375) ND
了戒直能
ryōkai naoyoshi
NAO235 Naoyoshi Bungo Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒直能
ryōkai naoyoshi
NAO239 Naoyoshi Buzen Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒直能
ryōkai naoyoshi
NAO241 Naoyoshi Buzen Tensho (1573-1592)
了戒直能
ryōkai naoyoshi
NAO236 Naoyoshi Buzen Eikyō (1429-1441)
了戒直能作
ryōkai naoyoshi saku
NAO238 Naoyoshi Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒直能作
ryōkai naoyoshi saku
NAO242 Naoyoshi Yamashiro Kakei (1387-1389) ND
了戒直能作
ryōkai naoyoshi saku
TSU530 Tsuneyoshi Yamashiro Taiei (1521-1528)
了戒經能作
ryōkai tsuneyoshi saku
TSU332 Tsunayoshi Yamashiro Tenmon (1532-1555)
了戒綱能
ryōkai tsunayoshi
YOS1246 Yoshisada Yamashiro Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
了戒能定
ryōkai yoshisada
YOS1248 Yoshisada Yamashiro Ōei (1394-1428)
了戒能定
ryōkai yoshisada
YOS1249 Yoshisada Yamashiro Bunan (1444-1449)
了戒能定
ryōkai yoshisada
YOS1247 Yoshisada Bungo Ōan (1368-1375) ND
了戒能定作
ryōkai yoshisada saku
YOS1267 Yoshitsugu Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒能次
ryōkai yoshitsugu
YOS1269 Yoshitsugu Buzen Taiei (1521-1528)
了戒能次
ryōkai yoshitsugu
YOS1268 Yoshitsugu Buzen Meiō (1492-1501)
了戒能次作
ryōkai yoshitsugu saku
YOS1265 Yoshitsugu Buzen Eikyō (1429-1441)
了戒能次作
ryōkai yoshitsugu saku
YOS1257 Yoshizane Buzen Taiei (1521-1528)
了戒能眞作
ryōkai yoshizane saku
YUK315 Yukimune Buzen Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒行宗
ryōkai yukimune
YUK314 Yukimune Buzen Bunmei (1469-1487)
了戒行宗作
ryōkai yukimune saku
SHI716 Shigeyoshi Bungo Chōroku (1457-1460)
了戒重能作
ryōkai shigeyoshi saku
SHI717 Shigeyoshi Buzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
了戒重能作
ryōkai shigeyoshi saku
KAZ76 Kazuyoshi Yamashiro Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒量能作
ryōkai kazuyoshi saku
NAG533 Nagayoshi Buzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
了戒長能
ryōkai nagayoshi
NAO237 Naoyoshi Buzen Hōtoku (1449-1452)
了直能
ryō naoyoshi
TAT2 Tatemori Buzen Kanshō (1460-1466)
了立守
ryō tatemori
TAM191 Tameyasu Mutsu Kanei (1624-1644)
予州松山住爲康
yoshū matsuyama ju tameyasu
0000-0928 Yasusada
二ッ胴切落 十一月十八日 山野勘十郎休久 (花押)
futatsudō kiriotosu 11 gatsu 18 hi yamano kanjurō yasuhisa (kao)
0000-0916 Yasusada
二ッ胴切落 山野加右衛門尉永久 (花押)
futatsudō kiriotosu yamano kaemon-no-jō nagahisa (kao)
KAN1560 Kanemoto Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
二十七代兼元
27 dai kanemoto
KAN1593 Kanemoto Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
二十七代兼元
nijūshichidai kanemoto
NAG198 Nagahiro Mutsu Shinshinto (1781-1912)
二本松住長廣
nihonmatsu ju nagahiro
TOS288 Toshinaga Yamashiro Jokyō (1684-1688)
二村山城守歳長
nimura yamashiro no kami toshinaga