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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
KIY113 Kiyokane Mikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
秋田冩三河國岡崎住橘清兼
akita utsusu mikawa kuni okasaki ju tachibana kiyokane
AKI118 Akiyoshi Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
秋義
akiyoshi
AKI123 Akiyoshi Musashi Kansei (1789-1801)
秋芳作
akiyoshi saku
SHI969 Shinsoku Buzen Daidō (806-810)
秋萬歳
aki manzai
AKI111 Akishige Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
秋重
akishige
MIT353 Mitsuyo Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
秦光代作之
hata mitsuyo saku kore
KAN883 Kanehira Kawachi Shōchō (1428-1429)
秦兼平
hata kanehira
KAN882 Kanehira Kawachi Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
秦兼平作
hata kanehira saku
KAN37 Kanehira Bizen Karoku (1225-1227)
秦包平
hata kanehira
KAN40 Kanehira Kawachi Kencho (1249-1256)
秦包平
hata kanehira
MOR67 Morihisa Musashi Keian (1648-1652)
秦守久作
hata morihisa saku
HAR12 Harutsura Owari Hōei (1704-1711)
秦東連
hata harutsura
TO26 Tōren Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
秦東連
hata tōren
NAG539 Nagayoshi Echigo Bunna (1352-1356) ND
秦長義
hata nagayoshi
NAG540 Nagayoshi Echigo Ōei (1394-1428)
秦長義
hata nagayoshi
SHI910 Shigesuke Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
稠助作
shigesuke saku
MAS1742 Masanori Musashi Kansei (1789-1801)
稲垣陸奥守藤原將應
inagaki mutsu no kami fujiwara masanori
HIR429 Hirotaka Settsu Kanen (1748-1751)
稲津龍泉子廣高
inatsu ryūsenshi hirotaka
KAN1404 Kanemichi Settsu Tenna (1681-1684)
稲荷丸兼道
inarimaru kanemichi
TOS243 Toshitsugu Kōka (1844-1848)
立花俊繼
tachibana toshitsugu
TOS244 Toshitsugu Genji (1864-1865)
立花俊繼
tachibana toshitsugu
YOS1419 Yoshihide Musashi Shinto (1596-1781)
立花園龍子藤原義秀作
tatsuhana enryūshi fujiwara yoshihide saku
KAN1428 Kanemitsu Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
竹内兼光
takeuchi kanemitsu
SHI907 Shigetsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
笠間繁繼
kasama shigetsugu
MOR369 Moritsugu Chikuzen Enpō (1673-1681)
筑之前州住守次
chiku no sen-shū ju moritsugu
TOM83 Tomokuni Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑之前州友國造
chiku-no-zen-shū tomokuni tsukuru
KOR11 Korehira Kaga Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑之前州福岡住半三兵衛尉是平
chikunozenshū fukuoka ju hansabeijō koretsugu
TOK60 Tokinaka Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住下坂兵衛尉辰仲
chikuzen ju shimosaka beijō tokinaka
TOK60 Tokinaka Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住下坂辰仲
chikuzen ju shimosaka tokinaka
TOK62 Tokinari Chikuzen Kanei (1624-1644)
筑前住下坂辰成
chikuzen ju shimosaka tokinari
TOK63 Tokinari Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住下坂辰成
chikuzen ju shimosaka tokinari
TOK64 Tokinari Chikuzen Jokyō (1684-1688)
筑前住下坂辰成
chikuzen ju shimosaka tokinari
YOS905 Yoshitsugu Chikuzen Keichō (1596-1615)
筑前住人信國吉次
chikuzen junin nobukuni yoshitsugu
NOB280 Nobukuni Chikuzen Enpō (1673-1681)
筑前住信國作
chikuzen ju nobukuni saku
TOS164 Toshihisa Chikuzen Hōreki (1751-1764)
筑前住信國俊壽
chikuzen ju nobukuni toshihisa
TOS226 Toshitoshi Chikuzen Meiwa (1764-1772)
筑前住信國俊壽
chikuzen ju nobukuni toshitoshi
YOS906 Yoshitsugu Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住信國吉次
chikuzen ju nobukuni yoshitsugu
SHI305 Shigemune Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
筑前住信國平四郎重宗
chikuzen ju nobukuni heishirō shigemune
KUN169 Kunihiro Chikuzen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
筑前住國弘
chikuzen ju kunihiro
YAS79 Yasuhiro Chikuzen Meiji (1868-1912)
筑前住左安廣作
chikuzen ju sa yasuhiro saku
YOS730 Yoshisada Chikuzen Keichō (1596-1615)
筑前住源信國
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni
NOB277 Nobukuni Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住源信國吉包
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshikane
NOB279 Nobukuni Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住源信國吉包
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshikane
YOS731 Yoshisada Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前住源信國吉貞
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshisada
0000-0635 Yoshisada
筑前住源信國吉貞
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshisada
YOS363 Yoshimasa Chikuzen Jokyō (1684-1688)
筑前住源信國平四郎吉政
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni heishirō yoshimasa
NOB276 Nobukuni Chikuzen Shōhō (1644-1648)
筑前住源信國義次
chikuzen ju minamoto nobukuni yoshitsugu
NOB281 Nobukuni Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
筑前住源来信國
chikuzen ju minamoto rai nobukuni
SAD441 Sadakuni Chikuzen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
筑前住貞國
chikuzen ju sadakuni
TOK61 Tokinaka Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
筑前住辰仲
chikuzen ju tokinaka