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ID Name Province Erasort icon Mei
ARI128 Arimoto Tamba Chōkyū (1040-1044)
有元
arimoto
CHI82 Chikamura Yamashiro Chōkyū (1040-1044)
近村
chikamura
YOS680 Yoshinori Yamashiro Chōkyū (1040-1044)
吉則
yoshinori
KUN723 Kuninaga Yamashiro Kantoku (1044-1046)
三尉秦國永
sanjo hata kuninaga
TOR7 Tora Ōmaru Yamato Kantoku (1044-1046)
大和千手院近則
yamato senjuin chikanori
NAG297 Nagamitsu Satsuma Eishō (1046-1053)
波平長光
naminohira nagamitsu
YOS225 Yoshikane Bizen Eishō (1046-1053)
吉包
yoshikane
YOS225 Yoshikane Bizen Eishō (1046-1053)
備前國住人吉包
bizen kuni junin yoshikane
KAN2777 Kanetsune Yamashiro Tengi (1053-1058)
粟田口藤原兼恒
awataguchi fujiwara kanetsune
HID24 Hidehiro Chikugo Tengi (1053-1058)
筑後國住武藤秀弘
chikugo kuni ju muto hidehiro
ARI233 Aritsune Bizen Kōhei (1058-1065)
有經
aritsune
YAS35 Yasufusa Mutsu Kōhei (1058-1065)
安房
yasufusa
YU6 Yuan Mutsu Kōhei (1058-1065)
雄安
yuan
MAS1286 Masayo Chikugo Kōhei (1058-1065)
正世
masayo
MIT335 Mitsuyo Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
光世作
mitsuyo saku
MOT95 Motozane Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
筑後國光世元眞作
chikugo kuni mitsuyo motozane saku
MOT95 Motozane Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
筑後國元眞
chikugo kuni motozane
MOT95 Motozane Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
筑後國光世
chikugo kuni mitsuyo
NAG335 Nagamoto Bizen Jōhō (1074-1077)
備前國住長元
bizen kuni ju nagamoto
TEN7 Tenta Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
三池住典太
miike ju tenta
TEN7 Tenta Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
三池典太
miike tenta
TEN7 Tenta Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
典太作
tenta saku
YUK482 Yukishige Mutsu Jōhō (1074-1077)
行重
yukishige
MUN440 Munetada Yamashiro Joryaku (1077-1081)
宗忠
munetada
CHI46 Chikakage Bizen Kanji (1087-1094)
備州長船住近景造
bishū osafune ju chikakage tsukuru
CHI46 Chikakage Bizen Kanji (1087-1094)
備前國長船住士三郎左衛門尉近景
bizen kuni osafune ju saburosaemonjō chikakage
KAN876 Kanehira Bungo Kanji (1087-1094)
兼平
kanehira
TSU412 Tsunezane Yamato Kanji (1087-1094)
恒眞
tsunezane
TOS85 Toshinobu Chikugo Kahō (1094-1096)
利延
toshinobu
YOS1005 Yoshiyasu Satsuma Eichō (1096-1097)
波平吉安
naminohira yoshiyasu
NAG40 Nagamasa Mutsu Kōwa (1099-1104)
奥州住永昌
ōshū ju nagamasa
ARI134 Arimune Hōki Chōji (1104-1106)
有宗
arimune
TSU520 Tsunetō Bizen Tennin (1108-1110)
經遠
tsunetō
NAR18 Narikane Bizen Tenei (1110-1113)
備前國成包作
bizen kuni narikane saku
TSU342 Tsunefuyu Bizen Tenei (1110-1113)
恒冬
tsunefuyu
TSU347 Tsunehisa Bizen Tenei (1110-1113)
恒久
tsunehisa
TAK119 Takatsuna Bizen Eikyū (1113-1118)
高綱
takatsuna
ARI178 Aritada Bizen Daiji (1126-1131)
有忠
aritada
YAS36 Yasufusa Mutsu Daiji (1126-1131)
安房
yasufusa
YUK397 Yukinobu Yamato Chōshō (1132-1135)
千手院行信
senjuin yukinobu
AKI176 Akiyuki Bungo Kōji (1142-1144)
藤原顯行
fujiwara akiyuki
CHI103 Chikanori Rikuchu Kyūan (1145-1151)
日明法師
nichimyō hōshi
TAM102 Tamenori Bizen Kyūan (1145-1151)
爲則
tamenori
MOR357 Moritsugu Bitchū Ninpyō (1151-1154)
守次
moritsugu
KAM5 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Hōgen (1156-1159)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
MAS1230 Masatsune Bizen Hōgen (1156-1159)
正恒
masatsune
NOR412 Noritsune Hōki Hōgen (1156-1159)
則常
noritsune
TAM129 Tametō Bitchū Hōgen (1156-1159)
爲遠
tametō
YOS1635 Yoshinori Bizen Hōgen (1156-1159)
義憲作
yoshinori saku
ARI282 Ariyuki Tōtōmi Heiji (1159-1160)
有行
ariyuki