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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
MAS1605 Masanori Harima Entoku (1489-1492)
兵部少輸源朝臣政則
hyōbu shōyu minamoto ason masanori
MAS242 Masaie Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
兵庫助藤原正家
hyogo-suke fujiwara masaie
TOS74 Toshinaga Musashi Shōtoku (1711-1716)
兵太夫利長
hyōdayu toshinaga
TOM400 Tomochika Koto (987-1596)
共近
tomochika
AKI30 Akiteru Izumo Meiwa (1764-1772)
八雲建武神流子明照
yakumo kenmu shinryūshi akiteru
AKI31 Akiteru Izumo Meiji (1868-1912)
八雲建武神流子明照
yakumo kenmu shinryūshi akiteru
TOS156 Toshihide Shimotsuke Kyōwa (1801-1804)
八木澤俊秀
yagisawa toshihide
0000-0567 Yasunobu
八月日
8 gatsu hi
NAO192 Naotoshi Etchū Tenpō (1830-1844)
八幡於社内来鏡子直壽造之
hachiman oite shanai raikyōshi naotoshi tsukuru kore
KIY70 Kiyohira Sagami Hōei (1704-1711)
八幡山清平
hachimanyama kiyohira
YOS1587 Yoshimune Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
八幡大菩薩源義宗造
hachiman daibosatsu minamoto yoshimune tsukuru
SAD70 Sadakuni Yamashiro Teiji (1362-1368) ND
八幡大菩薩定國
hachiman daibosatsu sadakuni
0000-0709 Unshō
八幡大菩薩
hachiman daibosatsu
HAR23 Harukuni Settsu Tenna (1681-1684)
八幡北窓治國造
hachiman kitamado harukuni tsukuru
YOS1297 Yoshizane Kii Eikyō (1429-1441)
入鹿賀實
iruka yoshizane
KAG151 Kagesada Kii Eikyō (1429-1441)
入鹿景貞
iruka kagesada
KAG153 Kagesada Kii Taiei (1521-1528)
入鹿景貞
iruka kagesada
KAG217 Kagetsuna Kii Ōei (1394-1428)
入鹿景綱
iruka kagetsuna
KAG158 Kagezane Kii Ōei (1394-1428)
入鹿景實
iruka kagezane
KAG160 Kagezane Kii Bunmei (1469-1487)
入鹿景實
iruka kagezane
KAG100 Kagemune Kii Teiji (1362-1368) ND
入鹿景宗
iruka kanemune
KAG79 Kagemitsu Kii Meiō (1492-1501)
入鹿景光作
iruka kagemitsu saku
SAN510 Sanetsugu Kii Kanshō (1460-1466)
入鹿實繼作
iruka sanetsugu saku
SAN512 Sanetsuna Kii Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
入鹿實綱作
iruka sanetsuna saku
SAN515 Sanetsuna Kii Bunmei (1469-1487)
入鹿實綱作
iruka sanetsuna saku
SAN408 Sanehiro Kii Ōnin (1467-1469)
入鹿實弘
iruka sanehiro
SAN512 Sanetsuna Kii Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
入鹿住藤原實綱
iruka ju fujiwara sanetsuna
SAN515 Sanetsuna Kii Bunmei (1469-1487)
入鹿住藤原實綱
iruka ju fujiwara sanetsuna
NOB586 Nobuyoshi Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
入道源来信吉
nyudō minamoto rai nobuyoshi
KAN1457 Kanemitsu Izumo Ansei (1854-1860)
入道兼光
nyudō kanemitsu
TAN22 Tanka Harima Kansei (1789-1801)
入道丹霞
nyudō tanka
NYU5 Nyūsai Chikuzen Einin (1293-1299)
入西
nyūsai
NYU7 Nyusai Kii Koto (987-1596)
入西
nyusai
TSU478 Tsunenaga Musashi Kansei (1789-1801)
兒玉常永作
kodama tsunenaga saku
0000-1093 Kunimitsu
光遜 (花押)
kōson (kao)
MAS67 Masafusa Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
光道子荘田正房作之
mitsumichi-ko shōda masafusa saku kore
MIT118 Mitsumasa Izumi Teiji (1362-1368) ND
光正
mitsumasa
MIT281 Mitsutada Bizen Ryakunin (1238-1239)
光忠造
mitsutada tsukuru
0000-0056 Mitsutada
光忠
mitsutada
0000-0058 Mitsutada
光忠
mitsutada
0000-0583 Mitsutada
光忠
mitsutada
KUN654 Kunimune Etchū Eikyō (1429-1441)
光心宇多國宗
kōshin uda kunimune
0000-0058 Mitsutada
光徳花押
kotoku kakihan
0000-0583 Mitsutada
光徳花押
kotoku kakihan
0000-0382 Inaba Shizu
光徳 (花押)
kōtoku (kao)
MIT148 Mitsumune Etchū Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
光宗造
mitsumune tsukuru
MIT156 Mitsumune Yamato Tentoku (957-961)
光宗
mitsumune
MIT132 Mitsumori Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
光守造
mitsumori tsukuru
MIT132 Mitsumori Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
光守
mitsumori
MIT188 Mitsunobu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
光信
mitsunobu