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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
YUK711 Yukikuni Nagato Kakitsu (1441-1444)
長州住幸國
chōshū ju yukikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住左衛門顯國
chōshū ju saemon akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住左兵衛尉顯國
chōshū ju sabejō akikuni
YAS595 Yasuyoshi Nagato Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
長州住安吉作
chōshū ju yasuyoshi saku
YAS580 Yasuyoshi Aki Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
長州住安吉
chōshū ju yasuyoshi
YAS594 Yasuyoshi Nagato Shōhei (1346-1370)
長州住安吉
chōshū ju yasuyoshi
TOS328 Toshimasa Nagato Bunmei (1469-1487)
長州住壽政
chōshū ju toshimasa
HAR15 Haruakira Nagato Keian (1648-1652)
長州住住治劍
chōshū kuni ju haruakira
NAO62 Naokiyo Nagato Bunsei (1818-1830)
長州住二王直清
chōshū ju niō naokiyo
KIY276 Kiyomitsu Nagato Genroku (1688-1704)
長州住二王清盈作
chōshū ju niō kiyomitsu saku
MAS12 Masakiyo Nagato Hōei (1704-1711)
長州住二王方清造之
chōshū ju niō masakiyo tsukuru kore
MAS11 Masakiyo Nagato Genroku (1688-1704)
長州住二王方清
chōshū ju niō masakiyo
TOM281 Tomotsune Nagato Kyōhō (1716-1736)
長州住中井友恒
chōshū ju nakai tomotsune saku
TSU189 Tsugukiyo Nagato Hōreki (1751-1764)
長州二王繼清
chōshū niō tsugukiyo
BEN1 Bensuke Hizen Kōka (1844-1848)
長崎住辨助
nagasaki ju bensuke
YOS1494 Yoshikatsu Hitachi Keiō (1865-1868)
長島義勝
nagashima yoshikatsu
MAS1638 Masatoshi Sagami Eiroku (1558-1570)
長峯寺政俊
chōhōji masatoshi
NOB222 Nobuie Yamashiro Ōei (1394-1428)
長岡住信家
nagaoka ju nobuie
NAG199 Nagahiro Settsu Meireki (1655-1658)
長寛
nagahiro
NAG355 Nagamune Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
長宗吉元
nagamune yoshimoto
YOS512 Yoshimoto Bizen Ryakunin (1238-1239)
長宗吉元
nagamune yoshimoto
NAG364 Nagamune Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
長宗作
nagamune saku
NAG354 Nagamune Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
長宗
nagamune
NAG357 Nagamune Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
長宗
nagamune
NAG364 Nagamune Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
長宗
nagamune
NAG310 Nagamori Bitchū Shōchū (1324-1326)
長守
nagamori
TOS169 Toshikazu Musashi Kaei (1848-1854)
長壽齋藤原俊一作之
choūnsai fujiwara toshikazu saku kore
TOS170 Toshikazu Musashi Keiō (1865-1868)
長壽齋藤原俊一作之
chojusai fujiwara toshikazu saku kore
NAG347 Nagamoto Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
長基
nagamoto
CHO7 Chōen Bungo Bunei (1264-1275)
長圓千秋萬歳
chōen senshu banzai (1000 Autumns, 1000 Lives)
CHO8 Chōen Buzen Kenpō (1213-1219)
長圓千秋萬歳
chōen senshū banzai
CHO6 Chōen Bungo Ninji (1240-1243)
長圓
chōen
NAG527 Nagayoshi Yamashiro Eishō (1504-1521)
長吉作
nagayoshi saku
NAG166 Nagahara Shinto (1596-1781)
長原
nagahara
NAG232 Nagakatsu Bungo Kanbun (1661-1673)
長勝
nagakatsu
NAG423 Nagasuke Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
長助
nagasuke
NAG424 Nagasuke Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
長助
nagasuke
NAG427 Nagasuke Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
長助
nagasuke
NAG386 Naganori Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
長則造
naganori tsukuru
NAG385 Naganori Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
長則
naganori
0000-1404 Naganori
長則
naganori
0000-1405 Naganori
長則
naganori
NAG450 Nagatoshi Buzen Kanei (1624-1644)
長利
nagatoshi
NAG296 Nagamitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
長光作
nagamitsu saku
0000-0066 Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
0000-0395 Tōtōmi Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
0000-0398 Hachiya Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
0000-0776 Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
0000-0861 Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
0000-0063 Dai Hannya Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu