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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
DAI24 Daidō Mino Genna (1615-1624)
三河守大道
mikawa no kami daidō
YAS446 Yasuteru Tango Keichō (1596-1615)
三河守大道藤原安輝
mikawa no kami daimichi fujiwara yasuteru
KAT162 Katsushige Ise Kanbun (1661-1673)
三河守藤原勝重
mikawa no kami fujiwara katsushige
NOB687 Nobunao Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
三河守藤原大道陳直
mikawa no kami daimichi nobunao
NOB688 Nobunao Tango Kanei (1624-1644)
三河守藤原大道陳直
mikawa no kami daimichi nobunao
NOB685 Nobunao Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
三河守藤原大道陳直作
mikawa no kami daimichi nobunao saku
NOB686 Nobunao Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
三河守藤原大道陳直作
mikawa no kami fujiwara daimichi nobunao saku
YOS326 Yoshimasa Mikawa Bunka (1804-1818)
三河龍城臣吉正
mikawa ryūjo-shin yoshimasa
FUM8 Fumiyoshi Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
三浦文吉
miura fumiyoshi
NOR486 Norisuke Shinto (1596-1781)
三牛田教助
sanushida norisuke
NAG53 Nagamitsu Bizen Kyōroku (1528-1532)
三郎兵衛尉永光
saburōbeijō nagamitsu
KAN1696 Kanenaga Settsu Shinto (1596-1781)
三阿彌兼長
sanami kanenaga
KUN346 Kunikazu Owari Keichō (1596-1615)
三阿彌國一
sanami kunikazu
KAN2410 Kanetaka Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
三阿彌陸奥守藤原兼高
sanami mutsu no kami fujiwara kanetaka
KAZ37 Kazunori Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
三陽真弓山麓住藤原一則作之
sanyō mayumi sanroku ju fujiwara kazunori saku kore
DAI16 Daidō Mikawa Manji (1658-1661)
三陽額田郡住藤原大道
sanyō nukada-gori ju fujiwara daidō
KAM4 Kamiichi Yamato Taihō (701-704)
上一
kamiichi
KAM5 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Hōgen (1156-1159)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM6 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Kenkyū (1190-1199)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM7 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Ōei (1394-1428)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
SUK637 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kenji (1275-1278)
上助吉
tatematsuru sukeyoshi
KAM12 Kamiyoshi Inaba Enbun (1356-1361) ND
上吉
kamiyoshi
KAM13 Kamiyoshi Inaba Bunmei (1469-1487)
上吉作
kamiyoshi saku
0000-0742 Kuniyuki
上州之住人中村久兵衛指之
joshū kore junin nakamura kyube sasu kore
NAO55 Naokatsu Kōzuke Kansei (1789-1801)
上州伊勢崎萬萬才直勝
jōshū ise saki manmanzai naokatsu
AKI92 Akihiro Kōzuke Genbun (1736-1741)
上州住丹治秋弘
jōshū tanji akihiro
TOS219 Toshishige Kōzuke Tensho (1573-1592)
上州住俊重作
jōshū ju toshishige saku
NOB173 Nobuhide Kōzuke Keiō (1865-1868)
上州住信秀
jōshū ju nobuhide
NOB463 Nobushige Kōzuke Tensho (1573-1592)
上州住信重作
jōshū ju nobushige saku
TOS339 Toshimune Kōzuke Kansei (1789-1801)
上州住壽宗
jōshū ju toshimune
MOR271 Morishige Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住守重
jōshū ju morishige
TOM13 Tomitada Kōzuke Eiroku (1558-1570)
上州住寶忠
jōshū ju tomitada
HIR323 Hiromune Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住廣宗作
jōshū ju hiromune saku
NOR538 Norishige Kōzuke Eiroku (1558-1570)
上州住憲重作
jōshū ju norishige saku
NOR539 Norishige Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住憲重作
jōshū ju norishige saku
NAR29 Narikuni Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住成國
jōshū ju narikuni
NAR62 Narishige Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住成重
jōshū ju narishige
TSU3 Tsugu Kōzuke Eiroku (1558-1570)
上州住次作
jōshū ju tsugu saku
TSU108 Tsugushige Kōzuke Eiroku (1558-1570)
上州住次重作
jōshū ju tsugushige saku
TAM133 Tametō Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住爲遠
jōshū ju tametō
NAO52 Naokatsu Kōzuke Bunka (1804-1818)
上州住直勝
jōshū ju naokatsu
TSU309 Tsunashige Kōzuke Tensho (1573-1592)
上州住綱重
jōshū ju tsunashige
YUK477 Yukishige Kōzuke Kanbun (1661-1673)
上州住行重
joshū ju yukishige
TER107 Teruyoshi Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住輝吉
jōshū ju teruyoshi
SHI694 Shigeyoshi Kōzuke Eiroku (1558-1570)
上州住重吉作
jōshū ju shigeyoshi saku
NAG140 Nagayoshi Kōzuke Ansei (1854-1860)
上州大澤永吉
jōshū ōzawa nagayoshi
KUN116 Kunihide Kōzuke Tenpō (1830-1844)
上州安中住園龍子橘國秀
jōshū annaka ju enryūshi tachibana kunihide
AKI89 Akifusa Kōzuke Kyōhō (1716-1736)
上州廐橋住源秋房
jōshū umabashi ju minamoto akifusa
HID112 Hidenaga Kōzuke Kansei (1789-1801)
上州浅見住一心子秀命
jōshū asami ju isshinshi hidenaga
TER108 Teruyoshi Kōzuke Genbun (1736-1741)
上州館林住輝吉
jōshū tatebayashi ju teruyoshi