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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN1227 Kanekoto Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州住兼言
nōshū ju kanekoto
KAN123 Kanemasa Yamato Eikyō (1429-1441)
藤原包政
fujiwara kanemasa
KAN1233 Kanekumo Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
兼雲
kanekumo
KAN1234 Kanekumo Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
兼雲
kanekumo
KAN1235 Kanekuni Bingo Tenju (1375-1381)
備州住兼州
bishū ju kanekuni
KAN1236 Kanekuni Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
兼州作
kanekuni saku
KAN1236 Kanekuni Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
美濃兼州
mino kanekuni
KAN1237 Kanekuni Mino Eiwa (1375-1379) ND
兼邦
kanekuni
KAN1238 Kanekuni Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
兼邦
kanekuni
KAN1239 Kanekuni Mino Kanshō (1460-1466)
兼邦
kanekuni
KAN124 Kanemasa Yamato Meiō (1492-1501)
藤原包政
fujiwara kanemasa
KAN1240 Kanekuni Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州関住兼邦作
nōshū seki ju kanekuni saku
KAN1241 Kanekuni Mino Kyōroku (1528-1532)
濃州関住兼邦
nōshū seki ju kanekuni
KAN1245 Kanekuni Mino Kyōroku (1528-1532)
濃州関住兼郡
nōshū seki ju kanekuni
KAN1246 Kanekuni Dewa Taiei (1521-1528)
出羽月山兼國作
dewa gassan kanekuni saku
KAN1248 Kanekuni Harima Keichō (1596-1615)
濃州関住兼國
nōshū seki ju kanekuni
KAN1249 Kanekuni Harima Kanei (1624-1644)
播州藤原兼國
banshū fujiwara kanekuni
KAN125 Kanemasa Yamato Tenmon (1532-1555)
藤原包政
fujiwara kanemasa
KAN1250 Kanekuni Mino Ōan (1368-1375) ND
濃州住兼國
nōshū ju kanekuni
KAN1251 Kanekuni Mino Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
濃州住兼國
nōshū ju kanekuni
KAN1255 Kanekuni Mino Kōsho (1455-1457)
濃州住兼國
nōshū ju kanekuni
KAN1258 Kanekuni Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
濃州関之住兼國
nōshū seki no ju kanekuni
KAN1258 Kanekuni Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
於播州別府作濃州関之住兼國
oite banshū beppu saku nōshū seki no ju kanekuni
KAN1259 Kanekuni Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
兼國
kanekuni
KAN126 Kanemasa Settsu Keian (1648-1652)
伊賀守包昌
iga no kami kanemasa
KAN1261 Kanekuni Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
甚中山麓兼國
jinchū sanroku kanekuni
KAN1263 Kanekuni Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼國権三郎
kanekuni gonsaburō
KAN1269 Kanekuni Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住小川兼國作
nōshū ju ogawa kanekuni saku
KAN1270 Kanekuni Iwashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州会津住兼國
ōshū aizu ju kanekuni
KAN1271 Kanekuni Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
薩摩守兼國
satsuma no kami kanekuni
KAN1273 Kanekuni Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
加藤兼國作
katō kanekuni saku
KAN1273 Kanekuni Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
於碑文谷加藤清志兼國作
oite hibuntani katō kiyoshi kanekuni saku
KAN1273 Kanekuni Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
於都碑文谷加藤清志兼國作
oite toto ishibumi buntani katō kiyoshi kanekuni saku
KAN1274 Kanekuni Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
和州住包國
washū ju kanekuni
KAN1274 Kanekuni Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
大和住兼國
yamato ju kanekuni
KAN1277 Kanekura Dewa Kōka (1844-1848)
羽州住兼倉
ushū ju kanekura
KAN1278 Kanekura Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
奥州若林住兼倉
ōshū wakabayashi ju kanekura
KAN1279 Kanekura Rikuzen Bunka (1804-1818)
阿部兼倉
abe kanekura
KAN1281 Kanekura Rikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
奥州若林住兼倉
ōshū wakabayashi ju kanekura
KAN1282 Kanekura Mino Kyōtoku (1452-1455)
兼藏
kanekura
KAN1284 Kanekura Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
武蔵大掾藤原兼藏
musashi daijō fujiwara kanekura
KAN1285 Kanekura Rikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
陸前仙臺庄司兼藏
rikuzen sendai shōji kanekura
KAN1288 Kanemachi Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州関住兼町
nōshū seki ju kanemachi
KAN1289 Kanemachi Mino Genki (1570-1573)
兼待
kanemachi
KAN1293 Kanemaki Kaga Keichō (1596-1615)
加州金澤住人兼巻
kashū kanezawa junin kanemaki
KAN1294 Kanemaki Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州金澤住人兼巻
kashū kanezawa junin kanemaki
KAN1295 Kanemaki Kaga Genna (1615-1624)
加州金澤住藤原兼巻
kashū kanezawa ju fujiwara kanemaki
KAN1296 Kanemaki Kaga Keian (1648-1652)
加州小松住兼巻
kashū komatsu ju kanemaki
KAN1297 Kanemaki Kaga Jōō (1652-1655)
加州住兼巻
kashū ju kanemaki
KAN1297 Kanemaki Kaga Jōō (1652-1655)
越中高岡住兼巻
etchu takaoka ju kanemaki