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ID Name Province Era Mei
TOM83 Tomokuni Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑州友國之造
chikushū tomokuni kore tsukuru
TOM83 Tomokuni Chikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑之前州友國造
chiku-no-zen-shū tomokuni tsukuru
TOM82 Tomokuni Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備前國住山内下原友國作
bizen kuni ju yamanouchi shimohara tomokuni saku
TOM81 Tomokuni Bizen Keichō (1596-1615)
備前國住大和下原友國作
bizen kuni ju yamato shimohara tomokuni saku
TOM80 Tomokuni Bizen Tensho (1573-1592)
備前國住友國作
bizen kuni ju tomokuni saku
TOM8 Tomitsugu Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
相模國住富次
sagami kuni ju tomitsugu
TOM8 Tomitsugu Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
相州住富次
sōshū ju tomitsugu
TOM79 Tomokiyo Yamato Kakei (1387-1389) ND
友清
tomokiyo
TOM78 Tomokiyo Yamato Genō (1319-1321)
當麻友清
taima tomokiyo
TOM77 Tomokiyo Yamato Genō (1319-1321)
大和國當麻友清
yamato kuni tomokiyo
TOM75 Tomokiyo Suō Kōei (1342-1345) ND
二王友清
niō tomokiyo
TOM74 Tomokiyo Suruga Eishō (1504-1521)
駿州住友清
sunshū ju tomokiyo
TOM71 Tomokiyo Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州住藤島和泉大掾友清
kashū ju fujishima izumi daijō tomokiyo
TOM71 Tomokiyo Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
藤島友清
fujishima tomokiyo
TOM70 Tomokiyo Kaga Bunmei (1469-1487)
藤島友清
fujishima tomokiyo
TOM69 Tomokiyo Kaga Bunna (1352-1356) ND
加州藤島友清
kashū fujishima tomokiyo
TOM68 Tomokiyo Bungo Kanbun (1661-1673)
高田住友清
takata ju tomokiyo
TOM67 Tomokazu Mimasaka Tensho (1573-1592)
作州友和
sakushū tomokazu
TOM65 Tomokage Tōtōmi Kakitsu (1441-1444)
友景
tomokage
TOM64 Tomokage Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
友景
tomokage
TOM62 Tomokage Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船友景
bishū osafune tomokage
TOM6 Tomimitsu Bizen Kōji (1555-1558)
富光作
tomimitsu saku
TOM59 Tomoie Ōmi Eishō (1504-1521)
甘露寺友家
kanroji tomoie
TOM58 Tomoie Kaga Bunmei (1469-1487)
加州住友家
kashū ju tomoie
TOM57 Tomoie Iwami Genna (1615-1624)
石州住藤原友家
sekishū ju fujiwara tomoie
TOM56 Tomoie Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多友家
uda tomoie
TOM55 Tomoie Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
三原住友家
mihara ju tomoie
TOM55 Tomoie Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州三原住友家
bishū mihara ju tomoie
TOM52 Tomohisa Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
友久
tomohisa
TOM51 Tomohisa Etchū Ōnin (1467-1469)
宇多友久作
uda tomohisa saku
TOM5 Tomimitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前國住長船富光
bizen kuni ju osafune tomimitsu
TOM494 Tomonori Rikuchu Bunkyū (1861-1864)
日吉源智至
hiyoshi minamoto tomonori
TOM489 Tomotsugu Bizen Kōkoku (1340-1346)
備前國住人朝次
bizen kuni junin tomotsugu
TOM488 Tomotsugu Bitchū Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
備中國住人朝次作
bitchu kuni junin tomotsugu saku
TOM487 Tomotsugu Bitchū Kencho (1249-1256)
朝次
tomotsugu
TOM486 Tomotsugu Bitchū Jōkyū (1219-1222)
備中國住朝次
bitchu kuni ju tomotsugu
TOM485 Tomotsugu Bingo Ōei (1394-1428)
鞆住朝次
tomo ju tomotsugu
TOM483 Tomotaka Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
南海太郎朝高
nankaitarō tomotaka
TOM480 Tomosuke Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船朝助
bishū osafune tomosuke
TOM479 Tomosuke Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備州長船朝助
bishū osafune tomosuke
TOM474 Tomosuke Bizen Shōji (1199-1201)
朝助
tomosuke
TOM474 Tomosuke Bizen Shōji (1199-1201)
備前國住人朝助
bizen kuni junin tomosuke
TOM473 Tomoshige Bizen Kōsho (1455-1457)
備州長船朝重
bishū osafune tomoshige
TOM472 Tomosato Iwashiro Manji (1658-1661)
奥州白河住朝郷
ōshū shirakawa ju tomosato
TOM471 Tomosato Harima Kanbun (1661-1673)
播州藤原朝郷於南紀作之
banshū fujiwara tomosato oite nanki saku kore
TOM470 Tomoomi Mikawa Meiji (1868-1912)
正四位源朝臣鍛之
shōshii minamoto tomoomi tan kore
TOM47 Tomohisa Bungo Taiei (1521-1528)
豊後高田住藤原友久
bungo takata ju fujiwara tomohisa
TOM47 Tomohisa Bungo Taiei (1521-1528)
藤原住友久
fujiwara ju tomohisa
TOM469 Tomonobu Chikugo Ansei (1854-1860)
三池住朝延
miike ju tomonobu
TOM468 Tomonari Shōwa (1926-1989)
朝也
tomonari