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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
YAS722 Yasumitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船泰光
bishū osafune yasumitsu
ARI10 Arihiro Bitchū Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備中國萬壽庄住有弘
bitchu kuni manjushō ju arihiro
ARI149 Arinobu Bitchū Shoō (1288-1293)
有信
arinobu
ARI170 Arisue Bitchū Bunei (1264-1275)
有末
arisue
ARI171 Arisue Bitchū Shōan (1299-1302)
有末
arisue
ARI172 Arisue Bitchū Gentoku (1329-1331)
有末
arisue
ARI172 Arisue Bitchū Gentoku (1329-1331)
備中國有末
bitchū kuni arisue
ARI173 Arisue Bitchū Entoku (1489-1492)
有末
arisue
ARI174 Aritada Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
有忠
aritada
ARI175 Aritada Bitchū Bunei (1264-1275)
有忠
aritada
ARI176 Aritada Bitchū Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備中國住有忠
bitchū kuni ju aritada
ARI210 Aritsugu Bitchū Tenpuku (1233-1234)
有次
aritsugu
ARI211 Aritsugu Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
有次
aritsugu
ARI254 Ariyuki Bitchū Kenpō (1213-1219)
有行
ariyuki
ARI255 Ariyuki Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
有行
ariyuki
ARI256 Ariyuki Bitchū Kencho (1249-1256)
有行
ariyuki
ARI257 Ariyuki Bitchū Bunei (1264-1275)
有行
ariyuki
ARI258 Ariyuki Bitchū Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備中國住有行
bitchū kuni ju ariyuki
ARI259 Ariyuki Bitchū Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備中國有行
bitchū kuni ariyuki
ARI259 Ariyuki Bitchū Ōan (1368-1375) ND
有行
ariyuki
ARI260 Ariyuki Bitchū Shitoku (1384-1387) ND
有行
ariyuki
ARI260 Ariyuki Bitchū Shitoku (1384-1387) ND
備中國有行
bitchū kuni ariyuki
ARI296 Arihiro Bitchū Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備中國有弘
bitchū kuni arihiro
ARI296 Arihiro Bitchū Ōan (1368-1375) ND
有弘
arihiro
ARI297 Arihiro Bitchū Koto (987-1596)
在弘
arihiro
CHI139 Chikatsugu Bitchū Kenji (1275-1278)
近次
chikatsugu
CHI140 Chikatsugu Bitchū Enkei (1308-1311)
近次
chikatsugu
CHI15 Yoshiie Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
女家
yoshiie
CHI155 Chikayori Bitchū Bunpō (1317-1319)
備中國近依
bitchū kuni chikayori
CHI163 Chikamasa Bitchū Eiroku (1558-1570)
備中國於松山三村冬廣五郎兵衛尉親正
bitchū kuni oite matsuyama sanmura fuyuhiro gorōbeijō chikamasa
CHI169 Chikanori Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
親則
chikanori
CHI171 Chikanori Bitchū Shōchū (1324-1326)
親則
chikanori
CHI183 Chikatsugu Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
親次
chikatsugu
CHI185 Chikatsugu Bitchū Kagen (1303-1306)
備中國青江住藤兵衛親次
bitchū kuni aoe ju tōbei chikatsugu
CHI186 Chikatsugu Bitchū Genko (1331-1336)
備中國住人親次
bitchū kuni junin chikatsugu
CHI192 Chikayori Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
親依
chikayori
CHI195 Chikayori Bitchū Kōan (1361-1362) ND
親依
chikayori
FUJ32 Fujitsugu Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
藤次
fujitsugu
HID209 Hidetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中萬壽庄住左衛門尉秀次作
bitchū manjushō ju saemonjō hidetsugu saku
HID209 Hidetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國住次郎左衛門尉秀次
bitchū kuni ju jirōsaemonjō hidetsugu
HID209 Hidetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國住左衛門尉秀次作
bitchū kuni ju saemonjō hidetsugu saku
HIR112 Hirotsugu Bitchū Genryaku (1184-1185)
弘次
hirotsugu
HIR134 Hirotsune Bitchū Teiō (1222-1224)
弘恒
hirotsune
HIR136 Hirotsune Bitchū Teiji (1362-1368) ND
弘恒
hirotsune
HIR136 Hirotsune Bitchū Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備中國弘恒
bitchū kuni hirotsune
HIS129 Hisatsugu Bitchū Kangen (1243-1247)
久次
hisatsugu
HIS130 Hisatsugu Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
久次
hisatsugu
HIS130 Hisatsugu Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
備中國住久次
bitchū kuni ju hisatsugu
IYE355 Ietsugu Bitchū Kenpō (1213-1219)
備中國住家次作
bitchū kuni ju ietsugu saku
IYE357 Ietsugu Bitchū Hōji (1247-1249)
家次
ietsugu