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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
0000-1025 Kunishige
長谷部國重
hasebe kunishige
KUN160 Kunihira Yamashiro Engen (1336-1340)
長谷部國平
hasebe kunihira
0000-0588 Kuninobu
長谷部國信
hasebe kuninobu
0000-0589 Kuninobu
長谷部國信
hasebe kuninobu
KUN1152 Kunishige Settsu Kentoku (1370-1372)
長谷部六郎佐衛門尉國重
hasebe rokurōsaemonjō kuninobu
NAG159 Nagachika Bizen Genkō (1321-1324)
長親
nagachika
TAM11 Tamakiku Nagato Kaei (1848-1854)
長藩大深五左衛門琴流子玉喜久
chōhan ofuka gosaemon kinryūshi tamakiku
MOR251 Morishige Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
長船雲生守重
osafune unshō morishige
NAG389 Naganori Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長船長則
osafune naganori
NAG281 Nagamitsu Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
長船長光
osafune nagamitsu
TOS335 Toshimori Bizen Kansei (1789-1801)
長船紫光軒壽守
osafune kurakokan toshimori
YOS512 Yoshimoto Bizen Ryakunin (1238-1239)
長船吉元
osafune yoshimoto
SUK141 Sukehisa Bizen Tenpuku (1233-1234)
長船助久造
osafune sukehisa tsukuru
NAG338 Nagamoto Bizen Einin (1293-1299)
長船住長元作
osafune ju nagamoto saku
TSU288 Tsunamitsu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
長船住綱光
osafune ju tsunamitsu
MOT210 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
長船住左兵衛尉基光
osafune ju sabejō motomitsu
KOR65 Koresuke Bizen Kenkyū (1190-1199)
長船の住是介
osafune no ju koresuke
NAG541 Nagayoshi Hōki Heiji (1159-1160)
長義
nagayoshi
NAG482 Nagatsuna Bungo Eishō (1504-1521)
長綱作
nagatsuna saku
NAG367 Naganao Bitchū Shoō (1288-1293)
長直
naganao
NAG414 Nagase Bizen Koto (987-1596)
長瀬
nagase
YOS1278 Yoshisada Iwami Taiei (1521-1528)
長濱住祥貞
nagahama ju yoshisada
YOS1281 Yoshisue Iwami Chōkyō (1487-1489)
長濱住人祥末作
nagahama junin yoshisue saku
NAG165 Nagahama Iwami Bunmei (1469-1487)
長濱
nagahama
NAG247 Nagakiyo Izumo Tensho (1573-1592)
長清
nagakiyo
NAG492 Nagatsura Koto (987-1596)
長洞
nagatsura
NAG201 Nagahiro Koto (987-1596)
長洞
nagahiro
NAG384 Naganori Koto (987-1596)
長永
naganori
NAG463 Nagatsugu Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
長次
nagatsugu
NAG464 Nagatsugu Bitchū Kenji (1275-1278)
長次
nagatsugu
ARI203 Aritoshi Yamato Einin (1293-1299)
長有俊
chō aritoshi
ARI204 Aritoshi Yamato Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
長有俊
chō aritoshi
KO30 Kotetsu Musashi Tenna (1681-1684)
長曽祢虎徹興正
nagasone kotetsu okimasa
OKI7 Okimasa Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
長曽祢虎徹興正
nagasone kotetsu okimasa
NAO82 Naomasa Musashi Bunsei (1818-1830)
長曽祢虎徹入道興里五代直正
nagasone kotetsu nyudō okisato godai naomasa
KO29 Kotetsu Musashi Jōō (1652-1655)
長曽祢興里入道虎徹
nagasone okisato nyudō kotetsu
OKI10 Okisato Musashi Shōhō (1644-1648)
長曽祢興里入道虎徹
nagasone okisato nyudō kotetsu
0000-1136 Kotetsu
長曽祢興里入道虎徹
nagasone okisato nyudō kotetsu
0000-0860 Okimasa
長曽祢興正
nagasone okimasa
OKI6 Okihisa Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
長曽祢興久
nagasone okihisa
OKI10 Okisato Musashi Shōhō (1644-1648)
長曽祢小鍛冶入道興里
nagasone kokaji nyudō okisato
OKI9 Okinao Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
長曽祢典直
nagasone okinao
NAG223 Nagakage Inaba Ōan (1368-1375) ND
長景
nagakage
NAG462 Nagatoshi Hyōgo Shōwa (1926-1989)
長敏作之
nagatoshi saku kore
NAG162 Nagafusa Bizen Jōkyū (1219-1222)
長房作
nagafusa saku
NAG163 Nagafusa Bungo Tenpō (1830-1844)
長房
nagafusa
NAO102 Naomitsu Ise Tenpō (1830-1844)
長心子直光
chōshinshi naomitsu
NAO40 Naohisa Ise Kaei (1848-1854)
長心子直久
choshinshi naohisa
NAG184 Nagahira Yamato Enchō (923-931)
長平
nagahira
AKI139 Akikuni Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
長州顯國
chōshū akikuni