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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN391 Kanetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國住包次
bitchū kuni ju kanetsugu
KAN392 Kanetsugu Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船包次
bishū osafune kanetsugu
KAN393 Kanetsugu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船包次
bishū osafune kanetsugu
KAN394 Kanetsugu Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
信國源包次
nobukuni minamoto kanetsugu
KAN395 Kanetsugu Chikuzen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
信國源包次
nobukuni minamoto kanetsugu
KAN397 Kanetsugu Harima Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
包次
kanetsugu
KAN399 Kanetsugu Hōki Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
包次
kanetsugu
KAN4 Kanbei Yamashiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
三品勘兵衛
mishina kanbei
KAN40 Kanehira Kawachi Kencho (1249-1256)
秦包平
hata kanehira
KAN400 Kanetsugu Inaba Kansei (1789-1801)
因州鳥取住包次
inshū tottori ju kanetsugu
KAN401 Kanetsugu Ōmi Koto (987-1596)
江州住包次作
gōshū ju kanetsugu saku
KAN402 Kanetsugu Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝州住文珠包次
sesshū ju monju kanemura
KAN402 Kanetsugu Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥守包次
mutsu no kami kanetsugu
KAN403 Kanetsugu Yamashiro Genryaku (1184-1185)
包次
kanetsugu
KAN408 Kanetsugu Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
大和國住包次
yamato kuni ju kanetsugu
KAN41 Kanehira Kawachi Ōei (1394-1428)
河内國秦包平
kawachi kuni hata kanehira
KAN412 Kanetsuna Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
粟田口藤原包綱
awataguchi fujiwara kanetsuna
KAN413 Kanetsuna Settsu Hōei (1704-1711)
粟田口藤原包綱
awataguchi fujiwara kanetsuna
KAN414 Kanetsune Yamato Genna (1615-1624)
和州南都住藤原包常
washū nanto ju fujiwara kanetsune
KAN416 Kaneuji Yamato Enkei (1308-1311)
包氏
kaneuji
KAN42 Kanehira Kawachi Kōsho (1455-1457)
河内國包平作
kawachi kuni kanehira saku
KAN42 Kanehira Kawachi Kōsho (1455-1457)
河内國住包平
kawachi kuni ju kanehira
KAN420 Kaneyasu Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
包安
kaneyasu
KAN421 Kaneyasu Bitchū Bunpō (1317-1319)
包安
kaneyasu
KAN425 Kaneyasu Yamashiro Bunna (1352-1356) ND
来包安
rai kaneyasu
KAN429 Kaneyasu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
濃州住包保
nōshū ju kaneyasu
KAN429 Kaneyasu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
江州住包保
gōshū ju kaneyasu
KAN43 Kanehira Kawachi Chōkyō (1487-1489)
河内國住包平
kawachi kuni ju kanehira
KAN430 Kaneyasu Settsu Bunroku (1592-1596)
和州住於大阪包保作
washū ju oite osaka kaneyasu saku
KAN431 Kaneyasu Settsu Shōhō (1644-1648)
陸奥守包保
mutsu no kami kaneyasu
KAN431 Kaneyasu Settsu Shōhō (1644-1648)
和州住包保於大阪作
washu ju kaneyasu oite osaka saku
KAN431 Kaneyasu Settsu Shōhō (1644-1648)
陸奥大掾包保
mutsu daijō kaneyasu
KAN432 Kaneyasu Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥大掾包保
mutsu daijō kaneyasu
KAN432 Kaneyasu Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥守包保
mutsu no kami kaneyasu
KAN433 Kaneyasu Yamashiro Shinto (1596-1781)
山城國宇治住包保
yamashiro kuni uji ju kaneyasu
KAN435 Kaneyasu Yamato Kanbun (1661-1673)
和州住包康
washū ju kaneyasu
KAN439 Kaneyoshi Bizen Tenju (1375-1381)
備前國住包吉
bizen kuni ju kaneyoshi
KAN44 Kanehira Kawachi Kyōhō (1716-1736)
河州佐山住秦包平
kashū sayama ju hata kanehira
KAN440 Kaneyoshi Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船包吉
bishū osafune kaneyoshi
KAN442 Kaneyoshi Harima Genkō (1321-1324)
包吉
kaneyoshi
KAN443 Kaneyoshi Harima Kōwa (1381-1384)
包吉
kaneyoshi
KAN445 Kaneyoshi Mino Kōō (1389-1390) ND
大和國住藤原包吉
yamato kuni ju fujiwara kaneyoshi
KAN447 Kaneyoshi Mutsu Genna (1615-1624)
奥州仙臺住包吉
ōshū sendai ju kaneyoshi
KAN45 Kanehira Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
包平
kanehira
KAN454 Kaneyoshi Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
攝州住源来包吉
sesshū ju minamoto rai kaneyoshi
KAN457 Kaneyoshi Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
大和國住藤原包吉
yamato kuni ju fujiwara kaneyoshi
KAN457 Kaneyoshi Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
瀧王包吉
takiō kaneyoshi
KAN459 Kaneyoshi Yamato Kyōtoku (1452-1455)
藤原包吉作
fujiwara kaneyoshi saku
KAN46 Kanehira Ōmi Kanbun (1661-1673)
江州石山住包平
gōshū ishiyama ju kanehira
KAN461 Kaneyoshi Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
和州住包吉
washū ju kaneyoshi