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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN1419 Kanemichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
山城國藤原兼路
yamashiro kuni fujiwara kanemichi
KAN142 Kanemitsu Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
山城國伏見住文珠藤原包光
yamashiro kuni fushimi ju monju fujiwara kanemitsu
KAN1420 Kanemichi Yamashiro Genroku (1688-1704)
山城國藤原兼路
yamashiro kuni fujiwara kanemichi
KAN1421 Kanemine Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
兼峯
kanemine
KAN1422 Kanemiki Mino Koto (987-1596)
兼枚
kanemiki
KAN1423 Kanemine Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
兼峯
kanemine
KAN1423 Kanemine Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
兼岑
kanemine
KAN1424 Kanemine Mino Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
兼領
kanemine
KAN1426 Kanemine Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
濃州関住兼嶺
nōshū seki ju kanemine
KAN1427 Kanemine Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
兼嶺
kanemine
KAN1428 Kanemitsu Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
竹内兼光
takeuchi kanemitsu
KAN1429 Kanemitsu Aki Kanbun (1661-1673)
藝陽城下住橘兼光
geiyo jōka ju tachibana kanemitsu
KAN1429 Kanemitsu Aki Kanbun (1661-1673)
藝州住藤原兼光
geishū ju fujiwara kanemitsu
KAN143 Kanemitsu Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
山城國伏見住文珠藤原包光
yamashiro kuni fushimi ju monju fujiwara kanemitsu
KAN1430 Kanemitsu Bingo Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備州三原住兼光
bishū mihara ju kanemitsu
KAN1432 Kanemitsu Bingo Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州住兼光
bishū ju kanemitsu
KAN1433 Kanemitsu Bitchū Tenmei (1781-1789)
備中國倉敷住兼光
bitchū kuni kurashiki ju kanemitsu
KAN1435 Kanemitsu Bizen Kareki (1326-1329)
備前國長船住兼光
bizen kuni osafune ju kanemitsu
KAN1435 Kanemitsu Bizen Kareki (1326-1329)
備州長船住兼光
bishū osafune ju kanemitsu
KAN1436 Kanemitsu Bizen Shōhei (1346-1370)
備前國長船住兼光
bizen kuni osafune ju kanemitsu
KAN1437 Kanemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船兼光
bishū osafune kanemitsu
KAN1438 Kanemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備前長船兼光
bizen osafune kanemitsu
KAN144 Kanemitsu Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
大和國包光
yamato kuni kanemitsu
KAN1440 Kanemitsu Bizen Chōroku (1457-1460)
備前長船兼光
bizen osafune kanemitsu
KAN1440 Kanemitsu Bizen Chōroku (1457-1460)
備前國住兼光作
bizen kuni ju kanemitsu saku
KAN1440 Kanemitsu Bizen Chōroku (1457-1460)
備州長船住藤原兼光
bishū osafune ju fujiwara kanemitsu
KAN1441 Kanemitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船兼光
bishū osafune kanemitsu
KAN1442 Kanemitsu Chikuzen Kanei (1624-1644)
筑前國下坂八右衛門尉兼光
chikuzen kuni shimosaka hachiuemonjō kanemitsu
KAN1443 Kanemitsu Echigo Bunroku (1592-1596)
越後國住兼光
echigo kuni ju kanemitsu
KAN1443 Kanemitsu Echigo Bunroku (1592-1596)
越州住兼光
esshū ju kanemitsu
KAN1444 Kanemitsu Echigo Genroku (1688-1704)
越後高田住兼光
echigo takata ju kanemitsu
KAN1445 Kanemitsu Echizen Keichō (1596-1615)
越前國住下坂兼光
echizen kuni ju shimosaka kanemitsu
KAN1446 Kanemitsu Fukushima Meiji (1868-1912)
會津若松住兼光
aizu wakamatsu ju kanemitsu
KAN1446 Kanemitsu Fukushima Meiji (1868-1912)
會津住下坂兼光
aizu ju shimosaka kanemitsu
KAN1450 Kanemitsu Inaba Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
因州住兼光作
inshū ju kanemitsu saku
KAN1451 Kanemitsu Inaba Ōei (1394-1428)
因州住兼光
inshū ju kanemitsu
KAN1453 Kanemitsu Inaba Kanbun (1661-1673)
因州遠江住藤原源兵衛尉兼光
inshū totomi ju fujiwara genbeijō kanemitsu
KAN1454 Kanemitsu Inaba Kanbun (1661-1673)
因幡國住彌右衛門尉兼光
inaba kuni ju yauemonjō kanemitsu
KAN1457 Kanemitsu Izumo Ansei (1854-1860)
入道兼光
nyudō kanemitsu
KAN1458 Kanemitsu Kaga Tensho (1573-1592)
加州住兼光
kashū ju kanemitsu
KAN1459 Kanemitsu Mimasaka Bunmei (1469-1487)
作州住兼光作
sakushū ju kanemitsu saku
KAN1459 Kanemitsu Mimasaka Bunmei (1469-1487)
作州倉敷住兼光作
sakushū kurashiki ju kanemitsu saku
KAN146 Kanemitsu Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
大和國南都住藤原包光作
yamato kuni nanto ju fujiwara kanemitsu saku
KAN1460 Kanemitsu Mimasaka Kanei (1624-1644)
作州津山住川村正郎左衛門兼光
sakushū tsuyama ju kawamura shorōsaemon kanemitsu
KAN1461 Kanemitsu Mimasaka Jokyō (1684-1688)
作州津山住藤原兼光
sakushū tsuyama ju kanemitsu
KAN1461 Kanemitsu Mimasaka Jokyō (1684-1688)
作州住兼光作
sakushū ju kanemitsu saku
KAN1462 Kanemitsu Mimasaka Kaei (1848-1854)
作州津山住川村五郎左衛門兼光
sakushū tsuyama ju kawamura gorōsaemon kanemitsu
KAN1466 Kanemitsu Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州住兼光
nōshū ju kanemitsu
KAN147 Kanemitsu Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
大和國藤原兼光
yamato kuni fujiwara kanemitsu
KAN147 Kanemitsu Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
大和國南都住藤原兼光
yamato kuni nanto ju fujiwara kanemitsu