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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
MIT38 Mitsuharu Kaga Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守藤原光治
iga no kami fujiwara mitsuharu
KAN131 Kanemichi Settsu Kanei (1624-1644)
伊賀守藤原包道
iga no kami fujiwara kanemichi
KAN132 Kanemichi Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守藤原包道
iga no kami fujiwara kanemichi
KIN51 Kinmichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守藤原朝臣金道
iga no kami fujiwara ason kinmichi
SAD767 Sadatsugu Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守藤原貞次
iga no kami fujiwara sadatsugu
KIN43 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
伊賀守藤原金道
iga no kami fujiwara kinmichi
KIN46 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守藤原金道
iga no kami fujiwara kinmichi
KAN545 Kanetaka Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
伊賀守藤原金高
iga no kami fujiwara kanetaka
KIN55 Kinmichi Yamashiro Anei (1772-1781)
伊賀守金道
iga kami kinmichi
KIN43 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN46 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN51 Kinmichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN52 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN56 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
MUN22 Munechika Iga Shokei (1332-1334) ND
伊賀阿拝郡住宗近作
iga ahai-gori ju munechika saku
TOS324 Toshimasa Shinano Bunsei (1818-1830)
休四郎源壽正作之
kyūshirō minamoto toshimasa saku kore
TAM149 Tametoshi Iwashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
会津住下坂為利作
aizu ju shimosaka tamekatsu saku
KAN2558 Kanetomo Iwashiro Bunka (1804-1818)
会津住兼友
aizu ju kanetomo
KAN2559 Kanetomo Iwashiro Kaei (1848-1854)
会津住兼友
aizu ju kanetomo
KAN1620 Kanemune Iwashiro Bunkyū (1861-1864)
会津住兼宗
aizu ju kanemune
KAN744 Kanefusa Echigo Meiji (1868-1912)
会津住兼房
aizu ju kanefusa
KAN2036 Kanesada Iwashiro Ansei (1854-1860)
会津住古河出雲守守兼定
aizu ju furukawa izumo no kami kanesada
TOS382 Toshiyuki Iwashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
会津住壽行造
aizu ju toshiyuki tsukuru
TAM42 Tamekage Iwashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
会津住爲景
aizu ju tamekage
TAM68 Tamemichi Iwashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
会津住爲道
aizu ju tamemichi
NAG559 Nagayuki Iwashiro Meiji (1868-1912)
会津住長幸
aizu ju nagayuki
KAN2038 Kanesada Iwashiro Kaei (1848-1854)
会津刀匠和泉守兼定
aizu tōshō izumi no kami kanesada
NAG363 Nagamune Iwashiro Kōka (1844-1848)
会津士源長宗作
aizu-shi minamoto nagamune saku
SHI53 Shigefusa Iwashiro Kaei (1848-1854)
会津州重房
aizu-shū shigefusa
TOM19 Tomochika Iwashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
会津左原之河治友周作
aizu sawara no kawaji tomochika saku
KAN1620 Kanemune Iwashiro Bunkyū (1861-1864)
会津東山住兼宗
aizu tōyama ju kanemune
SHI53 Shigefusa Iwashiro Kaei (1848-1854)
会津臣重房
aizu-shin shigefusa
TSU292 Tsunamitsu Mutsu Keiō (1865-1868)
会津運壽綱光
aizu unju tsunamitsu
NOB494 Nobutaka Owari Tenmei (1781-1789)
伯州五代竹里館米布信高
hakushū godai takesato tateyoneshiki nobutaka
YOS918 Yoshitsugu Hōki Meiji (1868-1912)
伯州住人吉次造
hakushū junin yoshitsugu tsukuru
FUY13 Fuyuhiro Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
伯州住冬廣作
hakushū ju fuyuhiro saku
FUY17 Fuyuhiro Hōki Tensho (1573-1592)
伯州住冬廣作
hakushū ju fuyuhiro saku
TOS112 Toshisuke Hōki Chōkyō (1487-1489)
伯州住利助作
hakushū ju toshisuke saku
NOR176 Norimitsu Hōki Eikyō (1429-1441)
伯州住則光
hakushū ju norimitsu
KAN14 Kaneari Hōki Koto (987-1596)
伯州住包有
hakushū ju kaneari
YOS1051 Yoshiyuki Hōki Kaei (1848-1854)
伯州住吉幸
hakushū ju yoshiyuki
TOS374 Toshitsuna Inaba Bunka (1804-1818)
伯州住壽綱
hakushū ju toshitsuna
TSU468 Tsunekiyo Hōki Bunsei (1818-1830)
伯州住常清作
hakushū ju tsunekiyo saku
TAM65 Tamekuni Hōki Jokyō (1684-1688)
伯州住平入道爲國
hakushū ju taira nyudō tamekuni
HIR527 Hiroyoshi Hōki Bunmei (1469-1487)
伯州住廣賀作
hakushū ju hiroyoshi saku
HIR528 Hiroyoshi Hōki Eishō (1504-1521)
伯州住廣賀作
hakushū ju hiroyoshi saku
NAR6 Narichika Hōki Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
伯州住成近
hakushū ju narichika
ARI103 Arimitsu Hōki Ōan (1368-1375) ND
伯州住有光
hakushū ju arimitsu
ARI104 Arimitsu Hōki Shōchō (1428-1429)
伯州住有光
hakushū ju arimitsu
TAM124 Tamesuke Hōki Bunmei (1469-1487)
伯州住爲助
hakushū ju tamesuke