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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
TAD19 Tadachika Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
相州住忠近
sōshū ju tadachika
TAD20 Tadachika Chikugo Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑後國柳川住下坂忠近
chikugo kuni yanagawa ju shimosaka tadachika
TAD21 Tadachika Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
越前國下坂忠親
echizen kuni shimosaka tadachika
TAD21 Tadachika Echizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
仲鍛冶下坂忠親
nakakaji shimosaka tadachika
TAD15 Tadaaki Inaba Kōka (1844-1848)
山本忠明
yamamoto tadaaki
TAD11 Tada Hizen Kanei (1624-1644)
肥前國住武蔵大掾藤原掾忠
hizen kuni ju musashi daijō fujiwara tada
TAD12 Tada Mimasaka Shōji (1199-1201)
堀坂住忠
horisaka ju tada
SUM14 Sumiyoshi Satsuma Bunkyū (1861-1864)
谷山義純入道純川頁慶
taniyama yoshisumi nyudō sumi kawaketsu yoshi
SUM3 Sumiyasu Satsuma Kanshō (1460-1466)
波平住安
naminohira sumiyasu
SUM13 Sumisada Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平純貞
naminohira sumisada
SUK460 Sukezane Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
助真
sukezane
0000-1167 Sukezane
一文字
ichimonji
0000-1357 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1358 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-0039 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1360 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1363 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1364 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1365 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1366 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
0000-1367 Sukezane
助眞
sukezane
SUK671 Sukeyuki Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
備前國助行
bizen kuni sukeyuki
SUK634 Sukeyoshi Bitchū Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
備中國住助吉作
bitchu kuni ju sukeyoshi saku
SUK637 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kenji (1275-1278)
備前國助吉
bizen kuni sukeyoshi
SUK637 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kenji (1275-1278)
上助吉
tatematsuru sukeyoshi
SUK637 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kenji (1275-1278)
助吉
sukeyoshi
SUK638 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備前國助吉
bizen kuni sukeyoshi
SUK638 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
一備前國吉岡住人左兵衛尉助吉
ichi bizen kuni yoshioka junin sahyōe no jō sukeyoshi
SUK638 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備前國吉岡住人左兵衛尉助吉
bizen kuni yoshioka junin sahyōe no jō sukeyoshi
SUK638 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
一備前國住人左兵衛尉助吉
ichi bizen kuni junin sahyōe no jō sukeyoshi
SUK638 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
助吉
sukeyoshi
SUK639 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備前國長船住助吉
bizen kuni osafune ju sukeyoshi
SUK639 Sukeyoshi Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備州長船住助吉
bishū osafune ju sukeyoshi
SUK644 Sukeyoshi Mikawa Kakitsu (1441-1444)
薬王寺大友助吉
yakuōji ōtomo sukeyoshi
SUK644 Sukeyoshi Mikawa Kakitsu (1441-1444)
大友助吉
ōtomo sukeyoshi
SUK644 Sukeyoshi Mikawa Kakitsu (1441-1444)
薬王寺助吉作
yakuōji sukeyoshi saku
SUK651 Sukeyoshi Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
大和國助吉作
yamato kuni sukeyoshi saku
SUK664 Sukeyoshi Bizen Gentoku (1329-1331)
備州吉岡住人左兵衛尉助義
bishū yoshioka junin sabejō sukeyoshi
SUK985 Sukeyoshi Awa (阿波) Keiō (1865-1868)
阿州國住人吉川六郎源祐芳
ashū kuni junin yoshigawa rokurō minamoto sukeyoshi
SUK985 Sukeyoshi Awa (阿波) Keiō (1865-1868)
阿州吉川源祐芳
ashū yoshigawa minamoto sukeyoshi
SUK988 Sukeyoshi Bingo Keiō (1865-1868)
福山繁祐養
fukuyama han sukeyoshi
SUK990 Sukeyoshi Sagami Kagen (1303-1306)
大進房祐慶
daishinbo sukeyoshi
SUK643 Sukeyoshi Mikawa Ōei (1394-1428)
薬王寺大友助吉
yakuōji ōtomo sukeyoshi
SUK645 Sukeyoshi Mikawa Tenmon (1532-1555)
薬王寺大友助吉
yakuōji ōtomo sukeyoshi
SUK662 Sukeyoshi Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備前吉岡住左兵衛尉助義
bizen yoshioka ju sabejō sukeyoshi
SUK640 Sukeyoshi Bizen Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州長船助吉
bishū osafune sukeyoshi
0000-1379 Sukeyoshi
助吉
sukeyoshi
0000-1380 Sukeyoshi
助吉
sukeyoshi
SUK625 Sukeyori Bitchū Shoō (1288-1293)
助依
sukeyori
SUK627 Sukeyori Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
備州國助依
bishū kuni sukeyori