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ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
TOM435 Tomomitsu Koto (987-1596)
倫光
tomomitsu
TOM468 Tomonari Shōwa (1926-1989)
朝也
tomonari
TOS172 Toshikura Koto (987-1596)
俊府
toshikura
TOS192 Toshimori Koto (987-1596)
俊符
toshimori
TOS210 Toshinori Genroku (1688-1704)
河内守藤原俊則
kawachi no kami fujiwara toshinori
TOS243 Toshitsugu Kōka (1844-1848)
立花俊繼
tachibana toshitsugu
TOS244 Toshitsugu Genji (1864-1865)
立花俊繼
tachibana toshitsugu
TOS309 Toshihiko Bunka (1804-1818)
永尾壽彦
nagano toshihiko
TOS312 Toshihiro Shinshinto (1781-1912)
渡部壽弘
wataribe toshihiro
TOS318 Toshikane Shōwa (1926-1989)
蓬來壽兼
horai toshikane
TOS325 Toshimasa Meiji (1868-1912)
秋元虎雄齋源壽正
akimoto koyusai minamoto toshimasa
TSU185 Tsuguie Shinto (1596-1781)
大和守源繼家
yamato no kami minamoto tsuguie
TSU225 Tsukamoto Shōwa (1926-1989)
塚本小太郎作
tsukamoto kotarō saku
TSU72 Tsugumitsu Shinto (1596-1781)
次光
tsugumitsu
YOS76 Yoshihide Shōwa (1926-1989)
中村吉秀
nakamura yoshihide (kakihan)
YUK683 Yukihiro Shōwa (1926-1989)
龍庄子源幸弘作
ryūshōshi minamoto yukihiro saku
0000-0001 Mikazuki Munechika
三条
sanjo
0000-0002 Onimaru Kunitsuna
國綱
kunitsuna
0000-0003 Ōdenta
光世作
mitsuyo saku
0000-0004 Dōjikiri Yasutsuna
安綱
yasutsuna
0000-0005 Juzumaru / 数珠丸
恒次
tsunetsugu
0000-0012 Tsuru Maru Kuninaga
國永
kuninaga
0000-0014 Sadatoshi
定利
sadatoshi
0000-0015 Kuniyuki
國行
kuniyuki
0000-0017 Yoshifusa
吉房
yoshifusa
0000-0020 Yoshifusa
吉房
yoshifusa
0000-0024 Takanosu
三条
sanjo
0000-0025 Sukekane
助包
sukekane
0000-0033 Masamori
作陽幕下士細川正守
sakuyō bakka-shi hosokawa masamori
0000-0033 Masamori
文久二二年二月日
bunkyū 4 nen 2 gatsu hi
0000-0034 Aizen Kunitoshi
國俊
kunitoshi
0000-0035 Torikai Kunitoshi
國俊
kunitoshi
0000-0040 Kunimune
國宗
kunimune
0000-0041 Kunimune
國宗
kunimune
0000-0044 Masayoshi
宝暦二二年二月日三代正良之誌
horeki 4 nen 2 gatsu hi sandai masayoshi kore (o) shirusu
0000-0044 Masayoshi
薩州住藤原正良
sashū ju fujiwara masayoshi
0000-0050 Ikeda Rai Kunimitsu / 池田来國光
来國光
rai kunimitsu
0000-0052 Shiokawa Rai Kunimitsu / 塩川来國光
来國光
rai kunimitsu
0000-0054 Kunimune
國宗
kunimune
0000-0055 Kunimune
國宗
kunimune
0000-0056 Mitsutada
光忠
mitsutada
0000-0058 Mitsutada
光徳花押
kotoku kakihan
0000-0058 Mitsutada
光忠
mitsutada
0000-0059 Minamoto Rai Kunitsugu
源来國次
minamoto rai kunitsugu
0000-0059 Minamoto Rai Kunitsugu
藤原秀祐
fujiwara hidesuke
0000-0059 Minamoto Rai Kunitsugu
正慶二年十一月日
shokei 2 nen 11 gatsu hi
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)
0000-0061 Akita Ryōkai
了戒
ryōkai
0000-0064 Nagamitsu
熊野三所権現長光
kumano sansho gongen nagamitsu