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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
HIS83 Hisamune Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船住久宗
bishū osafune ju hisamune
HIS84 Hisamune Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備前國住久宗作
bizen kuni ju hisamune saku
HIS84 Hisamune Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船久宗
bishū osafune hisamune
HIS136 Hisatsugu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備州新田住久次
bishū nitta ju hisatsugu
HIS136 Hisatsugu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備前國新田庄住久次
bizen kuni nitta-shō ju hisatsugu
HIS138 Hisatsugu Bizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
備前國新田住久次
bizen kuni nitta ju hisatsugu
HIS137 Hisatsugu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船久次
bishū osafune hisatsugu
HIS139 Hisatsugu Bizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
備州長船久次
bishū osafune hisatsugu
HIS140 Hisatsugu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船久次
bishū osafune hisatsugu
IYE75 Iekane Bizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
備州長船家包
bishū osafune iekane
IYE120 Iemitsu Bizen Shōwa (1312-1317)
備州長船住家光
bishū osafune ju iemitsu
IYE121 Iemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船家光
bishū osafune iemitsu
IYE262 Ieshige Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備前國長船住家重
bizen kuni osafune ju ieshige
KAT104 Katsumitsu Bizen Kyōroku (1528-1532)
備州長船六郎次郎勝光
bishū osafune rokurōjirō katsumitsu
KAT110 Katsumitsu Bizen Tensho (1573-1592)
備州長船左近勝光
bishū osafune sakon katsumitsu
KIY166 Kiyomitsu Bizen Bunan (1444-1449)
備州長船清光
bishū osafune kiyomitsu
KOR32 Koremitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船是光
bishū osafune koremitsu (oite sayō-gori saku kore)
KUN606 Kunimori Bizen Einin (1293-1299)
大宮國盛
ōmiya kunimori
KUN607 Kunimori Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船國盛
bishū osafune kunimori
MAS1108 Masatsugu Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備前國新田荘住左近将監正次
bizen kuni nittashō ju sakon shōgen masatsugu
MIT72 Mitsuie Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船住光家
bishū osafune ju mitsuie
MOR187 Morinaga Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船守長作
bishū osafune morinaga saku
MOR187 Morinaga Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
守長造
morinaga tsukuru
MOR247 Morishige Bizen Kenji (1275-1278)
備前國長船住人守重
bizen kuni osafune junin morishige
MOR247 Morishige Bizen Kenji (1275-1278)
藤原守重
fujiwara morishige
MOR820 Morishige Bizen Kakitsu (1441-1444)
備州長船盛重
bishū osafune morishige
MOR822 Morishige Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船盛重
bishū osafune morishige
MUN534 Munetsugu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船宗次作
bishū osafune munetsugu saku
MUN615 Muneyasu Bizen Kangen (1243-1247)
備前國宗安作
bizen kuni muneyasu saku
SAD471 Sadamasa Bizen Kanshō (1460-1466)
備州長船貞正
bishū osafune sadamasa
SAD472 Sadamasa Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船貞正
bishū osafune sadamasa
SAN16 Sanefusa Bizen Genō (1319-1321)
備前住人眞房
bizen junin sanefusa
SAN16 Sanefusa Bizen Genō (1319-1321)
備州長船住眞房
bishū osafune ju sanefusa
SHI459 Shigezane Bizen Kentoku (1370-1372)
備州長船住左兵衛尉重眞
bishū osafune ju sabejō shigezane
SHI460 Shigezane Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船重眞
bishū osafune shigezane
SHI596 Shigetsugu Bizen Eiwa (1375-1379) ND
備州長船重次
bishū osafune shigetsugu
SUK142 Sukehisa Bizen Kōchō (1261-1264)
助久
sukehisa
SUK160 Sukekane Bizen Jōei (1232-1233)
助包
sukekane
SUK230 Sukemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船助光
bishū osafune sukemitsu
SUK233 Sukemitsu Bizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
備州長船助光
bishū osafune sukemitsu
SUK234 Sukemitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船助光
bishū osafune sukemitsu
SUK236 Sukemitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船助光
bishū osafune sukemitsu
SUK484 Sukeshige Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備前國吉岡住助重作
bizen kuni yoshioka ju sukeshige saku
SUK484 Sukeshige Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備州長船住助重作
bishū osafune ju sukeshige saku
SUK662 Sukeyoshi Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備前吉岡住左兵衛尉助義
bizen yoshioka ju sabejō sukeyoshi
SUK721 Sukemitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船祐光作
bishū osafune sukemitsu saku
SUK724 Sukemitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船祐光
bishū osafune sukemitsu
SUK724 Sukemitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前國長船新右衛門尉祐光
bizen kuni osafune shinuemonjō sukemitsu
SUK728 Sukemitsu Bizen Tensho (1573-1592)
備前國住長船孫兵衛祐光作
bizen kuni ju osafune magobe sukemitsu saku
SUK760 Sukenao Bizen Ansei (1854-1860)
備州長船住横山祐直作
bishū osafune ju yokoyama sukenao saku