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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
YOS1539 Yoshikuni Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
豊後守橘義國
bungo no kami tachibana yoshikuni
YOS1539 Yoshikuni Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
三條堀川住義國
sanjo horikawa ju yoshikuni
YOS1539 Yoshikuni Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
平安城義國
heianjō yoshikuni
YOS271 Yoshikuni Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州吉岡住吉國
bishū yoshioka ju yoshikuni
YOS275 Yoshikuni Chikugo Genna (1615-1624)
筑後鬼塚吉國
chikugo onitsuka yoshikuni
YOS275 Yoshikuni Chikugo Genna (1615-1624)
筑州鬼塚吉國
chikushū onitsuka yoshikuni
YOS276 Yoshikuni Chikugo Kanei (1624-1644)
筑州柳川住鬼塚吉國
chikushū yanagawa ju onitsuka yoshikuni
YOS277 Yoshikuni Chikugo Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑後國柳川住鬼塚吉國
chikugo kuni yanagawa ju onitsuka yoshikuni
YOS279 Yoshikuni Chikuzen Manji (1658-1661)
筑州住鬼塚吉國七十七歳作之
chikushū ju onitsuka yoshikuni 77 sai saku kore
YOS280 Yoshikuni Etchū Bunmei (1469-1487)
宇多吉國
uda yoshikuni
YOS286 Yoshikuni Higo Jōō (1652-1655)
九州肥後同田貫吉國
kyushū higo dotanuki yoshikuni
YOS286 Yoshikuni Higo Jōō (1652-1655)
菊池住吉國
kikuchi ju yoshikuni
YOS287 Yoshikuni Hizen Kanei (1624-1644)
肥前國住上野大掾藤原吉國
hizen kuni ju kodzuke daijō fujiwara yoshikuni
YOS295 Yoshikuni Satsuma Genroku (1688-1704)
薩州住法城寺橘吉國
sashū ju hōjōji tachibana yoshikuni
YOS300 Yoshikuni Tosa Manji (1658-1661)
上野大掾吉國
kodzuke daijō yoshikuni
YOS300 Yoshikuni Tosa Manji (1658-1661)
上野守吉國
kodzuke no kami yoshikuni
YOS270 Yoshikuni Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州吉岡住吉國
bishū yoshioka ju yoshikuni
YOS273 Yoshikuni Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船吉國
bishū osafune yoshikuni
YOS281 Yoshikuni Etchū Tenmon (1532-1555)
越中吉江郷住平吉國
etchu yoshie-gō taira yoshikuni
YOS301 Yoshikuni Yamashiro Bunji (1185-1190)
烏丸吉國
karasu-maru yoshikuni
YOS1315 Yoshikiyo Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
石見國住彌重善清作
iwami kuni ju yaju yoshikiyo saku
YOS1507 Yoshikiyo Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船義清
bishū osafune yoshikiyo
YOS251 Yoshikiyo Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船住吉清
bishū osafune ju yoshikiyo
YOS254 Yoshikiyo Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國藤原吉清
hizen kuni fujiwara yoshikiyo
YOS1806 Yoshikiyo Aki Bunmei (1469-1487)
二王膳清
niō yoshikiyo
YOS1086 Yoshikazu Satsuma Anei (1772-1781)
薩州住良一
sashū ju yoshikazu
YOS1494 Yoshikatsu Hitachi Keiō (1865-1868)
長島義勝
nagashima yoshikatsu
YOS1494 Yoshikatsu Hitachi Keiō (1865-1868)
水府住長島義勝
suifu ju nagashima yoshikatsu
YOS1487 Yoshikane Bizen Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州長船義兼
bishū osafune yoshikane
YOS1491 Yoshikane Kōzuke Keiō (1865-1868)
上毛於新田笠懸雲龍子義兼作之
jōmō oite nitta kasakake unryūshi yoshikane saku kore
YOS1491 Yoshikane Kōzuke Keiō (1865-1868)
江州雲龍子義兼作
gōshū unryūshi yoshikane saku
YOS225 Yoshikane Bizen Eishō (1046-1053)
吉包
yoshikane
YOS225 Yoshikane Bizen Eishō (1046-1053)
備前國住人吉包
bizen kuni junin yoshikane
YOS226 Yoshikane Bizen Antei (1227-1229)
吉包
yoshikane
YOS226 Yoshikane Bizen Antei (1227-1229)
備前國吉包作
bizen kuni yoshikane saku
YOS228 Yoshikane Bizen Kangen (1243-1247)
吉包
yoshikane
YOS231 Yoshikane Buzen Entoku (1489-1492)
信國吉包
nobukuni yoshikane
YOS231 Yoshikane Buzen Entoku (1489-1492)
豊前國住吉包
buzen kuni ju yoshikane
YOS231 Yoshikane Buzen Entoku (1489-1492)
平信國吉包作
taira nobukuni yoshikane saku
YOS232 Yoshikane Buzen Taiei (1521-1528)
平信國吉包作
taira nobukuni yoshikane saku
YOS234 Yoshikane Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑州住源信國吉包
chikushū ju minamoto nobukuni yoshikane
YOS234 Yoshikane Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前國福岡住源吉包
chikuzen kuni fukuoka ju minamoto yoshikane
YOS234 Yoshikane Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑前福岡住信國源吉包
chikuzen fukuoka ju nobukuni minamoto yoshikane
YOS237 Yoshikane Ōmi Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
江州中堂来
gōshū chūdō rai
0000-0768 Yoshikane
筑州住源信國吉包
chikushū ju minamoto nobukuni yoshikane
0000-0768 Yoshikane
以南蛮鉄作之
motte nanban tetsu saku kore
0000-0930 Yoshikane
吉包
yoshikane
YOS1478 Yoshikage Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備前國長船住義景
bizen kuni osafune ju yoshikage
YOS1478 Yoshikage Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船住義景
bishū osafune ju yoshikage
YOS1479 Yoshikage Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船義景
bishū osafune yoshikage