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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
TAM192 Tameyasu Iwashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥会津住下坂爲康
mutsu aizu ju shimosaka tameyasu
TAM149 Tametoshi Iwashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥会津住下坂為利
mutsu aizu ju shimosaka tamekatsu
NAG271 Nagamichi Iwashiro Keiō (1865-1868)
陸奥会津住三善長道
mutsu aizu ju miyoshi nagamichi
HIR57 Hiromoto Mutsu Bunsei (1818-1830)
陸奥介弘元
mutsu no suke hiromoto
DAI14 Daidō Ise Bunkyū (1861-1864)
陸奥介大道
mutsu no suke daidō
KAG6 Kagefusa Rikuzen Shōwa (1926-1989)
陸前松山住法華三郎景房作
rikuzen matsuyama ju hokasaburō kagefusa saku
KAN1285 Kanekura Rikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
陸前仙臺庄司兼藏
rikuzen sendai shōji kanekura
MUN556 Munetsugu Iwate Shōwa (1926-1989)
陸中住宗次作
rikuchu ju munetsugu saku
MUN5 Muneaki Rikuchu Ansei (1854-1860)
陸中一關住久保田宗明作
rikuchu ichinoseki ju kubota muneaki saku
KAT63 Katsukuni Kaga Keichō (1596-1615)
陀羅尼橘勝國
darani tachibana katsukuni
KAT50 Katsuie Kaga Keichō (1596-1615)
陀羅尼勝家
darani katsuie
KAT51 Katsuie Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
陀羅尼勝家
darani katsuie
KAN1279 Kanekura Rikuzen Bunka (1804-1818)
阿部兼倉
abe kanekura
ARI308 Ariyoshi Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
阿波守藤原在吉
awa no kami fujiwara ariyoshi
TAK181 Takamichi Owari Kanei (1624-1644)
阿波守平貴道
awa no kami taira takamichi
TAD229 Tadateru Awa (阿波) Tenpō (1830-1844)
阿波國麻植郡川島住笠井忠輝作
awa kuni asaue-gori kawashima ju kasai tadateru saku
NOB482 Nobutada Awa (阿波) Ansei (1854-1860)
阿波國麻植郡川島住笠井信忠作
awa kuni asaue-gori kawashima ju kasai nobutada saku
YAS751 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Kanō (1350-1352) ND
阿波國海府住泰吉
awa kuni kaifu ju yasuyoshi
AKI35 Akifusa Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
阿波國昭房作
awa kuni akifusa saku
YAS751 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Kanō (1350-1352) ND
阿波國天神住泰吉
awa kuni tenshimo ju yasuyoshi
TOM422 Tomouji Awa (阿波) Shinto (1596-1781)
阿波國具氏
awa kuni tomouji
NAG128 Nagatsugu Awa (阿波) Genroku (1688-1704)
阿波住永次
awa ju nagatsugu
MAS387 Masakuni Awaji Keiō (1865-1868)
阿州藩井上正國
ashū han inoue masakuni
TAK215 Takateru Awa (阿波) Bunka (1804-1818)
阿州臣笠井尊輝
ashū shin kasai takateru
TAK216 Takateru Awa (阿波) Tenpō (1830-1844)
阿州臣笠井尊輝
ashū shin kasai takateru
TAK213 Takamori Awa (阿波) Bunka (1804-1818)
阿州臣笠井尊護
ashū shin kasai takamori
NAG128 Nagatsugu Awa (阿波) Genroku (1688-1704)
阿州福島住永次
ashū tomijima ju nagatsugu
UJI183 Ujitsugu Awa (阿波) Bunmei (1469-1487)
阿州海部住氏次
ashū kaibu ju ujitsugu
UJI184 Ujitsugu Awa (阿波) Eiroku (1558-1570)
阿州海部住氏次
ashū kaibu ju ujitsugu
UJI185 Ujitsugu Awa (阿波) Kanbun (1661-1673)
阿州海部住氏次
ashū kaibu ju ujitsugu
UJI186 Ujitsugu Awa (阿波) Kyōhō (1716-1736)
阿州海部住氏次
ashū kaibu ju ujitsugu
UJI209 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Keichō (1596-1615)
阿州海部住氏吉
ashū kaibu ju ujiyoshi
UJI215 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Tenpō (1830-1844)
阿州海部住氏吉
ashū kaibu ju ujiyoshi
YAS754 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Bunmei (1469-1487)
阿州泰吉作
ashū yasuyoshi saku
UJI204 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Meiō (1492-1501)
阿州氏吉作
ashū ujiyoshi saku
UJI216 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Meiji (1868-1912)
阿州徳島住海部氏吉
ashū tokushima ju kaibu ujiyoshi
NAG128 Nagatsugu Awa (阿波) Genroku (1688-1704)
阿州徳島住永次
ashū tokujima ju nagatsugu
KUN1583 Kunitsuna Awa (阿波) Kanei (1624-1644)
阿州徳島住國綱
ashū tokushima ju kunitsuna
TOS199 Toshinaga Awa (阿波) Keichō (1596-1615)
阿州徳島住俊長
ashū tokushima ju toshinaga
SUK985 Sukeyoshi Awa (阿波) Keiō (1865-1868)
阿州國住人吉川六郎源祐芳
ashū kuni junin yoshigawa rokurō minamoto sukeyoshi
SUK985 Sukeyoshi Awa (阿波) Keiō (1865-1868)
阿州吉川源祐芳
ashū yoshigawa minamoto sukeyoshi
TER6 Teruhide Awa (阿波) Bunka (1804-1818)
阿州勢見山麓佐藤照秀
ashū seikaiyama heiyama satō teruhide
UJI183 Ujitsugu Awa (阿波) Bunmei (1469-1487)
阿州兵部住氏次
ashū hyobu ju ujitsugu
UJI204 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Meiō (1492-1501)
阿州住海部氏吉作
ashū ju kaifu ujiyoshi saku
YAS737 Yasunaga Awa (阿波) Taiei (1521-1528)
阿州住泰長
ashū ju yasunaga
YAS755 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Eishō (1504-1521)
阿州住泰吉作
ashū ju yasuyoshi saku
YAS757 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Kyōroku (1528-1532)
阿州住泰吉作
ashū ju yasuyoshi saku
YAS754 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Bunmei (1469-1487)
阿州住泰吉
ashū ju yasuyoshi
YAS753 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Ōei (1394-1428)
阿州住泰吉
ashū ju yasuyoshi
YAS756 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Bunan (1444-1449)
阿州住泰吉
ashū ju yasuyoshi