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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAG9 Kagehide Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
景秀
kagehide
KAG9 Kagehide Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
備前國住景秀
bizen kuni ju kagehide
KAG90 Kagemori Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
景盛作
kagemori saku
KAG91 Kagemori Bizen Genki (1570-1573)
備州長船景盛
bishū osafune kagemori
KAG92 Kagemori Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船景盛
bishū osafune kagemori
KAG92 Kagemori Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備前長船景盛
bizen osafune kagemori
KAG93 Kagemori Bungo Kanshō (1460-1466)
平景盛
taira kagemori
KAG94 Kagemori Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
平景盛
taira kagemori
KAG94 Kagemori Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
豊州高田住藤原景盛
hōshū takata ju fujiwara kagemori
KAG95 Kagemoto Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船景元
bishū osafune kagemoto
KAG96 Kagemoto Bizen Bunan (1444-1449)
景元
kagemoto
KAG98 Kagemune Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船景宗
bishū osafune kagemune
KAG98 Kagemune Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備前國長船住景宗
bizen kuni osafune ju kagemune
KAG99 Kagemune Iga Genji (1864-1865)
伊賀國住人藤原景宗
iga kuni junin fujiwara kagemune
KAI1 Kaimoto Koto (987-1596)
甲斐夲
kaimoto
KAI1 Kaimoto Koto (987-1596)
kaibon
KAI3 Kairyaku Musashi Shinto (1596-1781)
武州住藤原改暦
bushū ju fujiwara kairyaku
KAI6 Kaichu Koto (987-1596)
繼躰天皇御宇龍王作
keitai tennō gyou ryuō saku
KAK2 Kakucho Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
長州住覺長
choshū ju kakucho
KAM1 Kambe Ise Kanei (1624-1644)
伊勢神部戸國助
ise kambe to kunisuke
KAM10 Kamimoto Inaba Kōsho (1455-1457)
因州住上甚
inshū ju kamimoto
KAM11 Kamimoto Inaba Eishō (1504-1521)
因州住上甚
inshū ju kamimoto
KAM12 Kamiyoshi Inaba Enbun (1356-1361) ND
上吉
kamiyoshi
KAM13 Kamiyoshi Inaba Bunmei (1469-1487)
上吉作
kamiyoshi saku
KAM14 Kamitsugu Awa (阿波) Kanbun (1661-1673)
髪次
kamitsugu
KAM14 Kamitsugu Awa (阿波) Kanbun (1661-1673)
髪繼
kamitsugu
KAM14 Kamitsugu Awa (阿波) Kanbun (1661-1673)
讃州住髪繼
sanshū ju kamitsugu
KAM15 Kamiyoshi Awa (阿波) Kanbun (1661-1673)
藤原髪吉作
fujiwara kamiyoshi saku
KAM2 Kambe Ise Hōei (1704-1711)
伊勢神部國助
ise kambe kunisuke
KAM4 Kamiichi Yamato Taihō (701-704)
上一
kamiichi
KAM5 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Hōgen (1156-1159)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM6 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Kenkyū (1190-1199)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM7 Kamiichimaru Mutsu Ōei (1394-1428)
上一丸
kamiichimaru
KAM9 Kamimoto Inaba Enkei (1308-1311)
上甚
kamitomo
KAN1 Kansuke Bungo Tenpō (1830-1844)
南豊住干祐
nanhō ju kansuke
KAN10 Kanpō Rikuchu Ōei (1394-1428)
閑峰
kanpō
KAN100 Kanekuni Yamato Kanbun (1661-1673)
筒井越中守藤原包國
tsutsui etchu kami fujiwara kanekuni
KAN100 Kanekuni Yamato Kanbun (1661-1673)
越中守藤原包國
etchu no kami fujiwara kanekuni
KAN1000 Kanehisa Ōmi Genroku (1688-1704)
江州水口住兼久
gōshū mizuguchi ju kanehisa
KAN1001 Kanehisa Ōmi Shōtoku (1711-1716)
江州住兼久
gōshū ju kanehisa
KAN1002 Kanehisa Mutsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
九次郎兼久
kyujirō kanehisa
KAN1005 Kanehisa Mino Kyōroku (1528-1532)
濃州関住兼古作
nōshū seki ju kanehisa saku
KAN101 Kanekuni Yamato Enkyō (1744-1748)
和州住越中守包國
washū ju etchu no kami kanekuni
KAN1016 Kaneichi Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
兼市
kaneichi
KAN102 Kanekuni Yamato Hōreki (1751-1764)
和州住越中守包國
washū ju etchu no kami kanekuni
KAN1021 Kaneishi Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
兼石
kaneishi
KAN1022 Kaneishi Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
兼石
kaneishi
KAN1023 Kaneishi Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
兼石
kaneishi
KAN1024 Kaneishi Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
兼石
kaneishi
KAN1025 Kaneiwa Mino Eikyō (1429-1441)
兼岩
kaneiwa