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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
TSU270 Tsunahisa Iwami Tenmon (1532-1555)
石見國長濱住綱久
iwami kuni nagahama ju tsunahisa
KUN1199 Kunisuke Ise Kanei (1624-1644)
石見大掾藤原國助作
iwami daijō fujiwara kunisuke saku
KAN760 Kanefusa Mino Chōkyō (1487-1489)
石見守兼房
iwami no kami kanefusa
KUN44 Kunifusa Iyo Tensho (1573-1592)
石見守國房
iwami no kami kunifusa
TOS294 Toshinaga Yamashiro Hōei (1704-1711)
石見守歳長
iwami no kami toshinaga
NOB572 Nobuyori Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
石見守藤原信仍
iwami no kami fujiwara nobuyori
NOB573 Nobuyori Echizen Anei (1772-1781)
石見守藤原信仍
iwami no kami fujiwara nobuyori
KAN767 Kanefusa Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
石見守藤原兼房
iwami no kami fujiwara kanefusa
KAN772 Kanefusa Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
石見守藤原兼房
iwami no kami fujiwara kanefusa
KUN1199 Kunisuke Ise Kanei (1624-1644)
石見守藤原國助
iwami no kami fujiwara kunisuke
KUN1201 Kunisuke Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
石見守藤原國助
iwami no kami fujiwara kunisuke
MAS660 Masanao Bizen Kanei (1624-1644)
石見守藤原正直
iwami no kami fujiwara masanao
NOB571 Nobuyori Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
石見小目藤原信仍
iwami kome fujiwara nobuyori
DAI67 Daizen Chikugo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫大膳
ishinuki daizen
YOS1139 Yoshisuke Higo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫良典
ishinuki yoshisuke
YOS1135 Yoshisuke Higo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫良助
ishinuki yoshisuke
YOS1295 Yoshisuke Higo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫賀助
ishinuki yoshisuke
TAK219 Takatsugu Musashi Jokyō (1684-1688)
石道標繼作
ishimichi takatsugu saku
KAN514 Kanemori Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
石道法橋金盛
ishidō hokkyō kanemori
YOS1415 Yoshihide Ehime Shōwa (1926-1989)
石鎚山麓源義秀謹作
ishizuchi-san roku minamoto yoshihide kin saku
HID89 Hidemitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
神明入道秀光
shinmei nyudō hidemitsu
SHI961 Shinki Buzen Wadō (708-715)
神氣
shinki
KAN2818 Kanetsune Musashi Jokyō (1684-1688)
神田住兼常
kanda ju kanetsune
YOS1280 Yoshisue Iwami Bunan (1444-1449)
祥末作
yoshisue saku
YOS1283 Yoshisue Iwami Tensho (1573-1592)
祥末作
yoshisue saku
SUK988 Sukeyoshi Bingo Keiō (1865-1868)
福山繁祐養
fukuyama han sukeyoshi
HIS29 Hisakuni Chikuzen Kōka (1844-1848)
福岡住久國
fukuoka ju hisakuni
MAS1518 Masahito Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
福岡住原政人作
fukuoka ju hara masahito saku
NOR269 Norisada Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
福岡住守次則定
fukuoka ju moritsugu norisada
TSU541 Tsutomu Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
福岡住宗勉
fukuoka ju sō tsutomu
MAS492 Masamitsu Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
福岡住宗正光作
fukuoka ju sō masamitsu saku
KAN1625 Kanemune Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
福本兼宗
fukumoto kanemune
KAN1625 Kanemune Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
福本小市源兼宗
fukumoto koichi minamoto kanemune
HID236 Hideyasu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
秀安
hideyasu
HID208 Hidetsugu Bitchū Bunō (1260-1261)
秀次
hidetsugu
HID8 Hidechika Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
秀近
hidechika
MAS1122 Masatsugu Dewa Keiō (1865-1868)
秋元正次作
akimoto masatsugu saku
TOS325 Toshimasa Meiji (1868-1912)
秋元虎雄齋源壽正
akimoto koyusai minamoto toshimasa
AKI104 Akikuni Sagami Tenju (1375-1381)
秋國
akikuni
AKI105 Akikuni Koto (987-1596)
秋國
akikuni
SAD905 Sadayuki Hiroshima Shōwa (1926-1989)
秋國住脇中源貞幸作
aki kuni ju wakinaka minamoto sadayuki saku
AKI92 Akihiro Kōzuke Genbun (1736-1741)
秋弘
akihiro
AKI106 Akimasa Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
秋正
akimasa
AKI107 Akimasa Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
秋正
akimasa
SUK759 Sukenao Bizen Bunka (1804-1818)
秋水子祐直
shūsuishi sukenao
KAN932 Kanehiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
秋田住兼廣
akita ju kanehiro
KAN955 Kanehiro Ugo Meiji (1868-1912)
秋田住兼廣
akita ju kanehiro
KA1 Ka Akita Shōwa (1926-1989)
秋田住果作
akita ju ka saku
SAD336 Sadahide Ugo Bunka (1804-1818)
秋田住貞英
akita ju sadahide
SHI388 Shigenori Akita Shōwa (1926-1989)
秋田住郷重則作之
akita ju sato shigenori saku kore