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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
TOS288 Toshinaga Yamashiro Jokyō (1684-1688)
二村山城守歳長
nimura yamashiro no kami toshinaga
TOS151 Toshiharu Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
二村萬兵衛俊治
nimura manbe toshiharu
NI3 Nio Suō Tenmon (1532-1555)
二王作
nio saku
TOM430 Tomokuni Suō Ōei (1394-1428)
二王倫國
niō tomokuni
TOM427 Tomokiyo Suō Kōei (1342-1345) ND
二王倫清
niō tomokiyo
TOM428 Tomokiyo Suō Genchu (1384-1394)
二王倫清
niō tomokiyo
MOT42 Motokiyo Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
二王元清作
niō motokiyo saku
MOT137 Mototsuna Suō Kōsho (1455-1457)
二王元綱作
niō mototsuna saku
TOM18 Tomochika Nagato Koto (987-1596)
二王友周
niō tomochika
TOM75 Tomokiyo Suō Kōei (1342-1345) ND
二王友清
niō tomokiyo
NOB35 Nobukiyo Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
二王延清
niō nobukiyo
MAS1538 Masakiyo Suō Eikyō (1429-1441)
二王政清
niō masakiyo
KAG41 Kagekiyo Suō Enbun (1356-1361) ND
二王景清作
niō kagekiyo saku
KIY360 Kiyonobu Suō Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
二王清信
nio kiyonobu
KIY361 Kiyonobu Suō Bunmei (1469-1487)
二王清信
nio kiyonobu
KIY268 Kiyomitsu Suō Tenmon (1532-1555)
二王清光作
niō kiyomitsu saku
KIY457 Kiyozane Suō Eikyō (1429-1441)
二王清實作
niō kiyozane saku
0000-0749 Kiyozane
二王清實作
niō kiyozane saku
KIY79 Kiyohira Suō Bunmei (1469-1487)
二王清平
niō kiyohira
KIY101 Kiyokage Suō Ōei (1394-1428)
二王清景作
niō kiyokage saku
KIY299 Kiyonaga Suō Ōei (1394-1428)
二王清永
niō kiyonaga
KIY539 Kiyotane Suō Chōroku (1457-1460)
二王清種
niō kiyotane
KIY579 Kiyotsuna Suō Genkyū (1204-1206)
二王清綱
niō kiyotsuna
KIY584 Kiyotsuna Suō Gentoku (1329-1331)
二王清綱
nio kiyotsuna
ARI191 Aritoshi Suō Bunmei (1469-1487)
二王清綱作
niō kiyotsuna saku
KIY435 Kiyosada Suō Kakitsu (1441-1444)
二王清貞作
niō kiyosada saku
KIY125 Kiyokuni Nagato Ansei (1854-1860)
二王清邦
niō kiyokuni
KIY491 Kiyoshige Suō Kanshō (1460-1466)
二王清重作
niō kiyoshige saku
KIY323 Kiyonaga Suō Bunna (1352-1356) ND
二王清長
niō kiyonaga
NAO64 Naokiyo Suō Chōkyō (1487-1489)
二王直清作
niō naokiyo saku
TAN18 Taneshige Suō Ōei (1394-1428)
二王種重作
niō taneshige saku
YOS1806 Yoshikiyo Aki Bunmei (1469-1487)
二王膳清
niō yoshikiyo
MIC25 Michikiyo Suō Kōsho (1455-1457)
二王道清
niō michikiyo
NAG259 Nagamasa Suō Kyōroku (1528-1532)
二王長正作
niō nagamasa saku
KAN1924 Kanenori Mino Bunroku (1592-1596)
五代傳山城國伏見住兼則
godai-den yamashiro kuni fushimi ju kanenori
NOR119 Norikane Bungo Ansei (1854-1860)
五十川則金
gojukawa norikane
0000-0528 Kunimitsu
五月一日國光
5 gatsu tsuitachi kunimitsu
TOM137 Tomonari Bizen Katei (1235-1238)
五月日友成
5 gatsu hi tomonari
ARI130 Arimoto Yamashiro Teiō (1222-1224)
五郎三郎有元
gorōsaburō arimoto
KUN942 Kunisada Settsu Tenna (1681-1684)
井上和泉守國貞
inoue izumi no kami kunisada
SHI977 Shinkai Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
井上和泉守國貞
inoue izumi no kami kunisada
0000-1024 Shinkai
井上和泉守國貞
inoue izumi no kami kunisada
MAS387 Masakuni Awaji Keiō (1865-1868)
井上正國
ashū inoue masakuni
SHI977 Shinkai Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
井上真改
inoue shinkai
0000-1128 Shinkai
井上真改
inoue shinkai
YOS1142 Yoshitada Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
井上良忠
inoue yoshitada
NAO139 Naonaka Ōmi Bunka (1804-1818)
井伊掃部守直中
kamon no kami naonaka
TAD344 Tadatsugu Bitchū Shōji (1199-1201)
亘次
tadatsugu
KAN953 Kanehiro Rikuzen Keiō (1865-1868)
亘理住兼廣
watari ju kanehiro
0000-1027 Masakiyo
享保九年正月
kyoho 9 nen shōgatsu