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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
NAO37 Naohiro Meiji (1868-1912)
府治衛孫六直廣
fujie magoroku naohiro
NAO97 Naomichi Kansei (1789-1801)
雷除直道於伊勢崎藩中作之
raiyoke naomichi oite ise-saki hanchu saku kore
NAR31 Narimasa Genna (1615-1624)
肥前守成當
hizen no kami narimasa
NAR44 Narimune Keian (1648-1652)
一文字成宗
ichimonji narimune
NAR54 Narinori Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉田成徳鍛之
yoshida narinori kitau kore
NAR89 Naritsugu Genna (1615-1624)
丹後守成次
tango no kami naritsugu
NOB118 Nobuyoshi Shōwa (1926-1989)
延嘉作
nobuyoshi saku
NOB166 Nobufusa Ansei (1854-1860)
纐纈善兵衛信房
hanafusa zembe nobufusa
NOB180 Nobuhide Shōwa (1926-1989)
於茶津丘瑞泉子信秀作
oite chazuoka zuisenshi nobuhide saku
NOB498 Nobutaka Kōka (1844-1848)
作州津山住信高
sakushū tsuyama ju nobutaka
NOB665 Nobutoshi Keiō (1865-1868)
東肥熊府住宣利
tōhi yūfu ju nobutoshi
NOB679 Nobukazu Tenpō (1830-1844)
修和
nobukazu
NOR149 Norikuni Shinto (1596-1781)
近江守則國
omi no kami norikuni
NOR216 Norimune Shinto (1596-1781)
菱沼源則宗
hishinuma minamoto norimune
NOR23 Noriyasu Koto (987-1596)
藤原入道法安
fujiwara nyudō noriyasu
NOR294 Norizane Koto (987-1596)
方便則眞
hōben norizane
NOR295 Norizane Koto (987-1596)
則眞
norizane
NOR319 Norishige Eishō (1504-1521)
則茂
norishige
NOR486 Norisuke Shinto (1596-1781)
三牛田教助
sanushida norisuke
NOR534 Norihiro Koto (987-1596)
徳廣
norihiro
NOR63 Norihiko Koto (987-1596)
則彦
norihiko
NOR86 Norihiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
河内守則廣
kawachi no kami norihiro
SHI887 Shigemasa Shōwa (1926-1989)
繁政
shigemasa
TAD1 Tadataka Tensho (1573-1592)
田上作
tadataka saku
TAD100 Tadakuni Koto (987-1596)
忠國
tadakuni
TAD168 Tadamune Shinto (1596-1781)
源矢野将監忠宗造
minamoto yano shōgen tadamune tsukuru
TAD209 Tadazane Koto (987-1596)
忠實
tadazane
TAD232 Tadatomo Shinto (1596-1781)
肥前守忠伴
hizen no kami tadatomo
TAD260 Tadatsugu Shōwa (1926-1989)
中尾忠次
nakano tadatsugu
TAD28 Tadahide Shinto (1596-1781)
日向守藤原忠秀
hyuga no kami fujiwara tadahide
TAD31 Tadahide Shinto (1596-1781)
日向守藤原忠秀
hyuga no kami fujiwara tadahide
TAD342 Tadataka Tensho (1573-1592)
田□作
tadataka saku
TAD348 Tadayasu Bunkyū (1861-1864)
源祇美作之
minamoto tadayoshi saku kore
TAI11 Taira Oshō Bunki (1501-1504)
平和尚寸切
taira oshō sunkiri
TAK189 Takamichi Shinto (1596-1781)
藤原貴道大左衛門作
fujiwara takamichi tasaemon saku
TAK210 Takayoshi Keiō (1865-1868)
隆吉
takayoshi
TAK238 Takehiro Shinto (1596-1781)
武廣
takehiro
TAK272 Taketaka Tenmei (1781-1789)
藤田孟隆作
fujita taketaka saku
TAK47 Takamichi Eikyō (1429-1441)
高道作
takamichi saku
TAK95 Takasuke Koto (987-1596)
高資
takasuke
TAM217 Tameyoshi Ōei (1394-1428)
法藤寺爲吉
hōtōji tameyoshi
TAN6 Taneshige Kōka (1844-1848)
澤原胤重
sawahara taneshige
TO15 Tōshi Koto (987-1596)
任便
tōshi
TO37 Tōmei Kansei (1789-1801)
遠明造之
tōmei tsukuru kore
TO46 Tōdō Koto (987-1596)
藤道
tōdō
TOK51 Tokiyoshi Shinto (1596-1781)
時儒
tokiyoshi
TOM316 Tomoyasu Juei (1182-1184)
波平友安
naminohira tomoyasu
TOM400 Tomochika Koto (987-1596)
共近
tomochika
TOM425 Tomomitsu Koto (987-1596)
侖光
tomomitsu
TOM426 Tomonaga Koto (987-1596)
侖永
tomonaga