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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
ARI249 Ariyoshi Bingo Genchu (1384-1394)
備州住有吉
bishū ju ariyoshi
ARI192 Aritoshi Bingo Ōei (1394-1428)
備州住有年
bishū ju aritoshi
SUY201 Suetsugu Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住李次
bishū ju suetsugu
SUY202 Suetsugu Bingo Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備州住李次
bishū ju suetsugu
TSU145 Tsuguyoshi Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州住次吉
bishū ju tsuguyoshi
TSU96 Tsugusada Bingo Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州住次貞
bishū ju tsugusada
MAS689 Masanobu Bingo Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州住正信作
bishū ju masanobu saku
MAS729 Masanori Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州住正則
bishū ju masanori
MAS242 Masaie Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住正家
bishū ju masaie
MAS243 Masaie Bingo Ōei (1394-1428)
備州住正家
bishū ju masaie
MAS239 Masaie Bingo Shōwa (1312-1317)
備州住正家作
bishū ju masaie saku
MAS241 Masaie Bingo Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州住正家作
bishū ju masaie saku
MAS159 Masahiro Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住正廣
bishū ju masahiro
MAS160 Masahiro Bingo Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州住正廣
bishū ju masahiro
MAS38 Masachika Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住正近
bishū ju masachika
TAK178 Takasuke Owari Meireki (1655-1658)
備州住源貴助
bishū ju minamoto takasuke
MOR615 Moriie Bingo Eikyō (1429-1441)
備州住盛家
bishū ju moriie
MOR1042 Moriyuki Bingo Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州住盛行
bishū ju moriyuki
NAO9 Naofuyu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住直冬
bishū ju naofuyu
SUK963 Suketaka Bizen Keiō (1865-1868)
備州住祐高造之
bishū ju suketaka tsukuru kore
MIT254 Mitsushiro Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
備州住秦光代
bishu ju hata mitsuyo
MIT353 Mitsuyo Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
備州住秦光代
bishū ju hata mitsuyo
KAN1321 Kanemasa Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
備州住竹内兼正作之
bishū ju takeuchi kanemasa saku kore
MAS1672 Masatsune Owari Genroku (1688-1704)
備州住藤原政常
bishū ju fujiwara masatsune
YUK431 Yukizane Bizen Bunō (1260-1261)
備州住行眞
bishū ju yukizane
CHI182 Chikatsugu Bizen Tokuji (1306-1308)
備州住親次
bishū ju chikatsugu
CHI178 Chikatsugu Bingo Enkei (1308-1311)
備州住親次
bishū ju chikatsugu
TAK180 Takatsugu Owari Hōreki (1751-1764)
備州住貴次
bishū ju takatsugu
SHI577 Shigetoshi Bingo Kanshō (1460-1466)
備州住辰房重俊
bishū ju shinbō shigetoshi
SHI683 Shigeyoshi Bingo Chōroku (1457-1460)
備州住辰房重吉作
bishū ju shinbō shigeyoshi saku
CHI65 Chikamasa Bingo Tenju (1375-1381)
備州住近正
bishū ju chikamasa
CHI66 Chikamasa Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
備州住近正
bishū ju chikamasa
SHI576 Shigetoshi Bingo Ōei (1394-1428)
備州住重俊
bishū ju shigetoshi
SHI261 Shigemitsu Bingo Genchu (1384-1394)
備州住重光
bishū ju shigemitsu
SHI660 Shigeyasu Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住重安
bishu ju shigeyasu
KAN508 Kanemitsu Bingo Kōwa (1381-1384)
備州住金光
bishū ju kanemitsu
KAN561 Kanetsugu Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住金次
bishū ju kanetsugu
KAN563 Kanetsugu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州住金次
bishū ju kanetsugu
NOR225 Norinaga Bizen Kangen (1243-1247)
備州住長船則長
bishū ju osafune norinaga
KIY183 Kiyomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住長船清光
bishū ju osafune kiyomitsu
TAK158 Takahira Bingo Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州住香平
bishū ju takahira
TAK48 Takamitsu Bingo Kōkoku (1340-1346)
備州住高光作
bishū ju takamitsu saku
TAK49 Takamitsu Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州住高光作
bishū ju takamitsu saku
TSU540 Tsurushige Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
備州住鶴重
bishū ju tsurushige
MAS1504 Masahiro Bingo Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州佐衛門尉政廣作
bishū saemonjō masahiro saku
UJI28 Ujifusa Owari Kanei (1624-1644)
備州備前守藤原氏房
bishū bizen no kami fujiwara ujifusa
TOM401 Tomoshige Bingo Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州共重
bishū tomoshige
TOM134 Tomonari Bizen Eien (987-989)
備州友成作
bishū tomonari saku
YOS661 Yoshinori Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州吉井住吉則
bishū yoshii ju yoshinori
KAG140 Kagenori Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州吉井住景則
bishū yoshii ju kagenori