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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
KAN2022 Kanesada Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州關住兼定
nōshū seki ju kanesada
KAN2040 Kanesada Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州關住兼定
nōshū seki ju kanesada
KAN1757 Kanenari Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
濃州關住兼得作
noshu seki ju kanenari saku
KAN1500 Kanemitsu Mino Eikyō (1429-1441)
濃州關住兼滿
nōshū seki ju kanemitsu
KAN1503 Kanemitsu Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州關住兼滿
nōshū seki ju kanemitsu
KAN1504 Kanemitsu Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州關住兼滿
nōshū seki ju kanemitsu
KAN202 Kanenaga Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州關住包永作
nōshū seki ju kanenaga saku
KAN517 Kanemoto Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州關住金本
nōshū seki ju kanemoto
KAN626 Kaneaki Tōtōmi Genroku (1688-1704)
濱松住兼明
hamamatsu ju kaneaki
KAN1872 Kanenori Mino Genki (1570-1573)
濱松兼法作
hammamatsu kanenori saku
TOS308 Toshihide Inaba Bunka (1804-1818)
濱部壽英
hamabe toshihide
TOS331 Toshimitsu Inaba Keiō (1865-1868)
濱部眠龍子壽光造之
hamabe minryūshi toshimitsu tsukuru kore
TOS350 Toshinori Inaba Bunsei (1818-1830)
濱部眠龍子壽格
hamabe minryūshi toshinori
TOS349 Toshinori Inaba Tenmei (1781-1789)
濱部美濃守藤原壽格
hamabe mino no kami fujiwara toshinori
TOS302 Toshihide Inaba Kaei (1848-1854)
濱部藤原壽秀作
hamabe fujiwara toshihide saku
TOS317 Toshiie Shinano Keiō (1865-1868)
濱部輝之佐壽家
hamabe terunosuke toshiie
KAN457 Kaneyoshi Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
瀧王包吉
takiō kaneyoshi
YUK10 Yukiaki Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
瀬戸崎住人行觀
setosaki junin yukiaki
KAN827 Kaneharu Kaga Kanbun (1661-1673)
炭宮兼春
sumimiya kaneharu
KAN1344 Kanemasa Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
炷龍子兼正
chūryūshi kanemasa
0000-0119 Kitsunegasaki
為次
tametsugu
0000-1277 Tametsugu
為次
tametsugu
YOS301 Yoshikuni Yamashiro Bunji (1185-1190)
烏丸吉國
karasu-maru yoshikuni
KAN1349 Kanemasa Bunka (1804-1818)
無言水兼正
mugensui kanemasa
TSU210 Tsuguyasu Shizuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
焼津住繼康作
tsuguyasu saku
TER2 Teru Mikawa Ansei (1854-1860)
teru
TER15 Terukado Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
照門
terukado
NOB664 Nobutoshi Higo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
熊府剣工延壽宣利鍛之
yūfu kenko enju nobutoshi kitau kore
TOS220 Toshisuke Musashi Bunsei (1818-1830)
熊本武士關根俊介
kumamoto bushi sekine toshisuke
KAN2638 Kanetoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
熊沢兼俊
kumazawa kanetoshi
0000-0064 Nagamitsu
熊野三所権現長光
kumano sansho gongen nagamitsu
AMA11 Amainu Kii Keichō (1596-1615)
熊野住天狗造之
kumano ju tengu tsukuru kore
TOS215 Toshizane Kii Chōkyō (1487-1489)
熊野山住人天狗俊實
kumanoyama junin tengu toshizane
SAN505 Sanetsugu Kii Ōei (1394-1428)
熊野山住藤原實次
kumano yama ju fujiwara sanetsugu
NOB456 Nobushige Kii Taiei (1521-1528)
熊野遠藤住信茂造
kumano endō ju nobushige tsukuru
NOB477 Nobushige Kii Taiei (1521-1528)
熊野遠藤住信茂造
kumano endō ju nobushige tsukuru
TAM24 Tamehisa Bizen Kōchō (1261-1264)
爲久
tamehisa
TAM194 Tameyori Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
爲依
tameyori
TAM93 Tamenobu Bitchū Kennin (1201-1204)
爲信
tamenobu
TAM94 Tamenobu Bitchū Karoku (1225-1227)
爲信
tamenobu
TAM95 Tamenobu Bitchū Kencho (1249-1256)
爲信
tamenobu
TAM69 Tamemitsu Bizen Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
爲光
tamemitsu
TAM141 Tametoshi Bitchū Bunō (1260-1261)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM142 Tametoshi Bizen Kenkyū (1190-1199)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM143 Tametoshi Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM144 Tametoshi Bizen Teiō (1222-1224)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM145 Tametoshi Bizen Jōei (1232-1233)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM146 Tametoshi Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM147 Tametoshi Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
爲利
tametoshi
TAM148 Tametoshi Hōki Genryaku (1184-1185)
爲利
tametoshi