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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
HAR55 Haruyuki Satsuma Tensho (1573-1592)
波平治行
naminohira haruyuki
0000-1362 Hatakeyama Ichimonji / 畠山一文字
ichi
0000-0060 Heshikiri Hasebe
黒田筑前守
kuroda chikuzen no kami
0000-0060 Heshikiri Hasebe
長谷部國重本阿花押
hasebe kunishige hon-a (kakihan)
HID6 Hideaki Hokkaidō Taishō (1912-1926)
源秀昭作
minamoto hideaki saku
HID11 Hidechika Kii Jokyō (1684-1688)
紀州住秀近
kishū ju hidechika
HID12 Hidechika Tosa Meiji (1868-1912)
土州住秀近
toshū ju hidechika
HID8 Hidechika Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
秀近
hidechika
HID9 Hidechika Bizen Kanō (1350-1352) ND
備州長船住秀近
bishū osafune ju hidechika
HID14 Hideharu Tosa Kōka (1844-1848)
土州瑞雲子秀治
toshū zuiunshi hideharu
HID15 Hideharu Hōki Keiō (1865-1868)
伯州住秀春作
hakushū ju hideharu saku
HID26 Hidehiro Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
筑後守武藤秀弘
chikugo no kami mutō hidehiro
HID280 Hidehiro Dewa Manen (1860-1861)
出羽住末山太郎英廣作
dewa ju matsuyama tarō hidehiro saku
HID24 Hidehiro Chikugo Tengi (1053-1058)
筑後國住武藤秀弘
chikugo kuni ju muto hidehiro
HID36 Hidekage Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備州長船住秀景
bishū osafune ju hidekage
HID36 Hidekage Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備前國長船住秀景造
bizen kuni osafune ju hidekage tsukuru
HID38 Hidekage Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船秀景
bishū osafune hidekage
HID40 Hidekage Bizen Hōtoku (1449-1452)
備州長船平秀景
bishū osafune taira hidekage
HID1 Hidekazu Hitachi Meiji (1868-1912)
新刀藤原日出一作之
shintō fujiwara hidekazu saku kore
HID286 Hidekazu Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
川越之臣英一
kawagoe no shin hidekazu
HID286 Hidekazu Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
武州川越玉麟子英一
bushū kawagoe gyokurinshi hidekazu
HID286 Hidekazu Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
武陽川越臣英一於前橋作之
buyō kawagoe-shin hidekazu oite maebashi saku kore
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州盛岡住人萬藏秀一以餅鐵之
oshū morioka junin manzō hidekazu motte mochitetsu zo kore
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
盛岡住宮川源秀一
morioka ju miyagawa minamoto hidekazu
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州盛岡住秀一
oshū morioka ju hidekazu
HID288 Hidekuni Dewa Meiwa (1764-1772)
於山形藤原英國作之
oite yamagata fujiwara hidekuni saku kore
HID60 Hidekuni Iwashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
角秀國
kaku hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
大和守角秀國
yamato no kami sumi hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
大和守源朝臣秀國
yamato no kami minamoto ason hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
元興入道源秀國
motooki nyudō minamoto hidekuni
HID66 Hidemasa Tosa Genji (1864-1865)
土州住秀方
toshū ju hidemasa
HID294 Hidemitsu Kōzuke Kōka (1844-1848)
上毛館林住山口英光
kamitsuke tatebayashi ju yamaguchi hidemitsu
HID79 Hidemitsu Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船住左衛門尉秀光
bishū osafune ju saemonjō hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船住秀光
bishū osafune ju hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船右衛門尉秀光
bishū osafune uemonjō hidemitsu
HID81 Hidemitsu Bizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID81 Hidemitsu Bizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
備州長船左衛門尉秀光
bishū osafune saemonjō hidemitsu
HID82 Hidemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID89 Hidemitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
神明入道秀光
shinmei nyudō hidemitsu
HID90 Hidemitsu Tosa Keiō (1865-1868)
土州鬼龍山六代秀光作
toshū kiryūsan rokudai hidemitsu saku
0000-1034 Hidemitsu
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
0000-1034 Hidemitsu
永和四年八月日
eiwa 4 nen 8 gatsu hi
HID103 Hidemune Bizen Kaei (1848-1854)
豊前中津住木下源八郎
buzen nakatsu ju kinoshita genpachirō
HID104 Hidemune Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住松原秀宗作之
seki ju matsuhara hidemune saku kore
HID104 Hidemune Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住秀宗作
seki ju hidemune saku
HID107 Hidemune Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越和田三郎源秀宗
koshiwada saburō minamoto hidemune
HID109 Hidemune Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越和田三郎源入道秀宗
koshiwada saburō minamoto nyudō hidemune
HID112 Hidenaga Kōzuke Kansei (1789-1801)
上州浅見住一心子秀命
jōshū asami ju isshinshi hidenaga