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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
HIS36 Hisakuni Tosa Enpō (1673-1681)
上野守藤原久國
kozuke no kami fujiwara hisakuni
KAN2010 Kanesada Echizen Enpō (1673-1681)
上野守藤原兼定
kozuke no kami fujiwara kanesada
KUN1653 Kunitsune Mino Manji (1658-1661)
上野守藤原國常
kozuke no kami fujiwara kunitsune
HIR393 Hiroshige Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
下原住廣重
shimohara ju hiroshige
MAS585 Masamune Musashi Taiei (1521-1528)
下原住正宗
shimohara ju masamune
TER14 Teruie Musashi Tensho (1573-1592)
下原住照家
shimohara ju teruie
HAC12 Hachirōsaemon Ōmi Keichō (1596-1615)
下坂八郎左衛門作
shimosaka hachirōsaemon saku
SAD626 Sadashige Echizen Keichō (1596-1615)
下坂出雲守藤原貞重
shimosaka izumo no kami fujiwara sadashige
NOB82 Nobushige Mimasaka Keiō (1865-1868)
下坂國郷原延重
shimosaka kuni gōhara nobushige
TAD259 Tadatsugu Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
下坂大和守藤原忠次
shimosaka yamato kami fujiwara tadatsugu
MUN539 Munetsugu Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
下坂宗次錬鍛之
shimosaka munetsugu ren-tan kore
SAD443 Sadakuni Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
下坂貞國
shimosaka sadakuni
SHI344 Shigenaga Dewa Kansei (1789-1801)
下坂重長作
shimosaka shigenaga saku
KAN554 Kaneteru Genroku (1688-1704)
下総守藤原金英
shimosa no kami fujiwara kaneteru
TAD308 Tadayoshi Shimosa Bunkyū (1861-1864)
下總佐倉住國友文助忠恕
shimosa sakura ju kuni tomobunsuke tadayoshi
TAD60 Tadajo Shimosa Bunkyū (1861-1864)
下總佐倉國友之助
shimosa sakura kuni tomo no suke
TAK268 Takeyoshi Shimotsuke Kanei (1624-1644)
下總國得二郎住千子武吉
shimosa kuni tokujirō ju sengo takeyoshi
KAN1351 Kanemasa Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
下總大掾藤原兼政
shimosa daijō fujiwara kanemasa
KAN493 Kanehide Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
下總守藤原金英
shimosa no kami fujiwara kanehide
AKI38 Akihide Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野住人栗原彦三郎昭秀作之
shimotsuke junin kurihara hikosaburō akihide saku kore
YOS56 Yoshifusa Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野住佐藤吉房
shimotsuke ju satō yoshifusa
HAR88 Harumori Shimotsuke Shoō (1288-1293)
下野住春盛
shimotsuke ju harumori
NAG144 Nagayoshi Shimotsuke Meiji (1868-1912)
下野喜連川高山永吉
shimotsuke kitsuregawa takayama nagayoshi
CHI165 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野國住得次郎親光
shimotsuke kuni ju tokojirō chikamitsu
TAK267 Takeyoshi Shimotsuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
下野國住武吉
shimotsuke kuni ju takeyoshi
ARI121 Arimori Shimotsuke Ōei (1394-1428)
下野國有盛
shimotsuke kuni arimori
AKI60 Akimori Tochigi Shōwa (1926-1989)
下野國田中昭盛
shimotsuke kuni tanaka akimori
NAG365 Nagamune Shimotsuke Kyōhō (1716-1736)
下野國皆河住長宗
shimotsuke kuni minagawa ju nagamune
YAS438 Yasutada Shimotsuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
下野國足利住安但作
shimotsuke kuni ashikaga ju yasutada saku
MOR102 Morikatsu Shimotsuke Kyōroku (1528-1532)
下野得二郎住守勝
shimotsuke tokujiro ju morikatsu
KAT25 Katsuhiro Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野得次郎住勝廣
shimotsuke tokujirō ju katsuhiro
CHI165 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野得次郎住親光
shimotsuke tokojirō ju chikamitsu
YOS1589 Yoshimune Tosa Genna (1615-1624)
不動義胸
fudō yoshimune
YOS1590 Yoshimune Tosa Kanei (1624-1644)
不動義胸入道作
fudō yoshimune nyudō saku
0000-0597 Yoshinori
不可他渡手
KAN1570 Kanemoto Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
不破郡住兼元
fuwa gori ju kanemoto
KUN672 Kunimune Mikawa Kagen (1303-1306)
中原國宗
nakahara kunimune
TAD260 Tadatsugu Shōwa (1926-1989)
中尾忠次
nakano tadatsugu
YOS1557 Yoshimichi Kōzuke Tenpō (1830-1844)
中山義通
nakayama yoshimichi
TOM142 Tomonari Settsu Teiji (1362-1368) ND
中島来友成
nakajima rai tomonari
0000-0202 Ko-Mihara Katana
中川左平太手二テ立
nakagawa saheita te-nite tachi
YOS76 Yoshihide Shōwa (1926-1989)
中村吉秀
nakamura yoshihide (kakihan)
HO50 Hōzan Mino Bunkyū (1861-1864)
中津川寳山造之
nakatsugawa hōzan tsukuru kore
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
中越住山上則久
nakagoshi ju yamaue norihisa
TAM66 Tamemichi Bizen Bunpō (1317-1319)
中路住爲道
nakaji ju tamemichi
MAS74 Masafusa Satsuma Manji (1658-1661)
丸田伊豆守正房
maruta izu no kami masafusa
UJI39 Ujifusa Satsuma Tensho (1573-1592)
丸田備後守藤原氏房
maruta bingo no kami fujiwara ujifusa
KAN677 Kaneatsu Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
丹州住兼陸
tanshū ju kaneatsu
YAS446 Yasuteru Tango Keichō (1596-1615)
丹州住大道藤原安輝
tanshū ju daimichi fujiwara yasuteru
AKI2 Akihito Tamba Shōtoku (1711-1716)
丹州口人
tanshū akihito