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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
UNJ7 Unjō Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
雲上
unshō
UNJ6 Unjō Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
雲上
unjō
YUK679 Yukiyoshi Gunma Shōwa (1926-1989)
雙龍子行慶
furyūshi yukiyoshi
TAM7 Tamahide Rikuchu Meiji (1868-1912)
雙龍子藤原朝臣玉英
sōryūshi fujiwara ason tamahide
NAO105 Naomitsu Musashi Genji (1864-1865)
雙龍子直光
sōryūshi naomitsu
0000-1179 Tadatsuna
雕物同作
horimono dō saku
YU6 Yuan Mutsu Kōhei (1058-1065)
雄安
yuan
YUK540 Yukitoshi Bitchū Ōei (1394-1428)
隼人正行利
hayato-sho yukitoshi
YAS511 Yasutsugu Nagato Tenna (1681-1684)
隼人佐源安次
hayato no suke minamoto yasutsugu
KIK9 Kikumitsu Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
隠岐住菊光作
oki kuni ju kikumitsu saku
KAN307 Kaneshige Higo Kanbun (1661-1673)
隈本住藤原包重
kumamoto ju fujiwara kaneshige
NAG509 Nagayoshi Izumo Keiō (1865-1868)
隆陽上田長吉
unyo ueda nagayoshi
TAK199 Takashige Sanuki Bunka (1804-1818)
隆重
takashige
TAK194 Takahiro Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
隆廣造
takahiro tsukuru
TAK210 Takayoshi Keiō (1865-1868)
隆吉
takayoshi
YOS1106 Yoshimune Ōsumi Ansei (1854-1860)
隅州種子島住良宗
gūshū tanegashima ju yoshimune
KAZ56 Kazuyasu Ōsumi Bunmei (1469-1487)
隅州波平一安
gūshū naminohira kazuyasu
UJI145 Ujisada Ōsumi Tensho (1573-1592)
隅州横川住氏貞
gūshū yokogawa ju ujisada
MAS276 Masakage Ōsumi Bunsei (1818-1830)
隅州柁城臣正景
gūshū kajiki-shin masakage
TOS300 Toshifuku Satsuma Tenpō (1830-1844)
隅州柁城士壽福
gushū dajoshi toshifuku
MAS276 Masakage Ōsumi Bunsei (1818-1830)
隅州柁城住平正景造之
gūshū kajiki ju taira masakage tsukuru kore
IYE23 Iehide Ōsumi Tensho (1573-1592)
隅州小松谷住家秀
gūshū komatsutani ju iehide
UJI145 Ujisada Ōsumi Tensho (1573-1592)
隅州姶良住氏貞
gūshū aira ju ujisada
TAK206 Takatsune Ōsumi Tenmon (1532-1555)
隅州住隆經
gūshū ju takatsune
SHI357 Shigenami Ōsumi Kyōroku (1528-1532)
隅州住重並作
gūshū ju shigenami saku
SAD541 Sadamune Ōsumi Anei (1772-1781)
隅州住貞宗
gushu ju sadamune
SAD542 Sadamune Ōsumi Tenpō (1830-1844)
隅州住貞宗
gūshū ju sadamune
CHI160 Chikahiro Ōsumi Kansei (1789-1801)
隅州住親弘
gūshū ju chikahiro
TSU178 Tsuguhira Ōsumi Bunka (1804-1818)
隅州住繼平
gūshū ju tsuguhira
MAS276 Masakage Ōsumi Bunsei (1818-1830)
隅州住正景
gūshū ju masakage
0000-0753 Masakage
隅州住正景
gūshū ju masakage
MAS508 Masamitsu Ōsumi Tenmei (1781-1789)
隅州住正光
gūshū ju masamitsu
MAS1279 Masayasu Ōsumi Tenmei (1781-1789)
隅州住正保
gūshū ju masayasu
MAS1495 Masahide Ōsumi Kōji (1555-1558)
隅州住政秀作
gūshū ju masahide saku
YOS1119 Yoshinori Ōsumi Bunka (1804-1818)
隅州住平良則
gūshū ju taira yoshinori
MAS438 Masamichi Ōsumi Kōka (1844-1848)
隅州住平正路造之
gūshū ju taira masamichi tsukuru kore
SUK42 Suketō Ōsumi Tenmon (1532-1555)
隅州住左任
gūshū ju suketō
YAS470 Yasutoshi Ōsumi Bunka (1804-1818)
隅州住安利
gūshū ju yasutoshi
NOR536 Norishige Ōsumi Tensho (1573-1592)
隅州住儀重作
gūshū ju norishige saku
0000-0759 Shigeaki
隅州之住重鑑作
gūshū no ju shigeaki saku
TAD302 Tadayoshi Mutsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
陸州住藤原忠良
oshu ju fujiwara tadayoshi
MAS1586 Masanaga Iwashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
陸奥藤原政長
mutsu fujiwara masanaga
KAN2559 Kanetomo Iwashiro Kaei (1848-1854)
陸奥藤原兼友作
mutsu fujiwara kanetomo saku
CHI64 Chikakiri Mutsu Genryaku (1184-1185)
陸奥舞草派近霧
mutsu mokusa ha chikakiri
TOM124 Tomonaga Mutsu Chōho (999-1004)
陸奥舞草友長
mutsu mokusa tomonaga
MUN505 Munetoshi Iwaki Bunkyū (1861-1864)
陸奥白河住固山藤原宗俊
mutsu shirakawa ju koyama fujiwara munetoshi
MUN70 Munehira Mutsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
陸奥白川住固山藤原宗平
mutsu shirakawa ju koyama fujiwara munehira
MUN511 Munetoshi Mutsu Kōka (1844-1848)
陸奥白川住固山宗俊作
mutsu shirakawa ju koyama munetoshi saku
KUN83 Kuniharu Mutsu Shōwa (1926-1989)
陸奥津輕住國治作
mutsu tsugaru ju kuniharu saku
KAN74 Kanekiyo Awaji Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥将監包清
rikuoku shōgen kanekiyo