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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN520 Kanenaga Bizen Meiji (1868-1912)
備前國住金永
bizen kuni ju kanenaga
KAN521 Kanenaga Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
金永作
kanenaga saku
KAN522 Kanenaga Yamato Meiwa (1764-1772)
大和國住對島守金永
yamato kuni ju tsushima no kami kanenaga
KAN523 Kanenaga Yamato Bunka (1804-1818)
大和國住對馬守金永
yamato kuni ju tsushima no kami kanenaga
KAN524 Kanenaga Iyo Genroku (1688-1704)
豫州松山住藤原金長
yoshū matsuyama ju fujiwara kanenaga
KAN525 Kanenaga Iyo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
豫州松山住藤原金長
yoshū matsuyama ju fujiwara kanenaga
KAN526 Kanenori Shinano Taiei (1521-1528)
信濃國高科郡金伯作
shinano kuni takashina-gori kanenori saku
KAN527 Kanenori Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越前國住金則
echizen kuni ju kanenori
KAN53 Kanehiro Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
山城國住包廣
yamashiro kuni ju kanehiro
KAN53 Kanehiro Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
若狭守藤原包廣
wakasa no kami fujiwara kanehiro
KAN530 Kaneōmaru Chikuzen Kōan (1278-1288)
金王丸國吉
kaneōmaru kuniyoshi
KAN532 Kaneōmaru Yamato Kangen (1243-1247)
金王丸國吉
kaneōmaru kuniyoshi
KAN533 Kanesada Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
野田五郎藤原金定
nodagorō fujiwara kanesada
KAN534 Kanesada Bungo Tensho (1573-1592)
高田金貞
takata kanesada
KAN535 Kanesaki Inaba Tenna (1681-1684)
妙一金先作
myoichi kanesaki saku
KAN537 Kanesato Mimasaka Tenpō (1830-1844)
作陽十多田金里
sakuyoshi tada kanesato
KAN539 Kaneshige Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
金繁
kaneshige
KAN539 Kaneshige Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住高崎金繁作
seki ju takasaki kaneshige saku
KAN540 Kanetaka Mino Kōwa (1381-1384)
濃州関住金高
noshū seki ju kanetaka
KAN541 Kanetaka Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州関住金高
nōshū seki ju kanetaka
KAN542 Kanetaka Mino Bunroku (1592-1596)
豊後守藤原金高作
bungo no kami fujiwara kanetaka saku
KAN543 Kanetaka Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
豊後守藤原金高
bungo no kami fujiwara kanetaka
KAN543 Kanetaka Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
濃州岐阜住藤原金高
nōshū gifu ju fujiwara kanetaka
KAN544 Kanetaka Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
播磨守藤原金高
harima no kami fujiwara kanetaka
KAN545 Kanetaka Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
伊賀守藤原金高
iga no kami fujiwara kanetaka
KAN546 Kanetaka Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
薩摩守藤原金高
satsuma no kami fujiwara kanetaka
KAN547 Kanetaka Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
濃州岐阜住藤原金高
nōshū gifu ju fujiwara kanetaka
KAN548 Kanetaka Owari Kyōhō (1716-1736)
播磨守金高
harima no kami kanetaka
KAN549 Kanetaka Owari Kyōhō (1716-1736)
薩摩守金高
satsuma no kami kanetaka
KAN55 Kanehisa Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
武州住文珠包久
bushū ju monju kanehisa
KAN55 Kanehisa Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
文珠包久作
monju kanehisa saku
KAN551 Kanetaka Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
攝州住橘金高
sesshū ju tachibana kanetaka
KAN553 Kanetane Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
美濃國金植
mino kuni kanetane
KAN554 Kaneteru Genroku (1688-1704)
下総守藤原金英
shimosa no kami fujiwara kaneteru
KAN555 Kanetoki Mino Jōō (1652-1655)
因幡守藤原金辰
inaba no kami fujiwara kanetoki
KAN556 Kanetoki Mino Enpō (1673-1681)
因幡守藤原金辰
inaba no kami fujiwara kanetoki
KAN557 Kanetoshi Dewa Tensho (1573-1592)
月山金利
gassan kanetoshi
KAN558 Kanetoshi Mimasaka Kyōwa (1801-1804)
金利
kanetoshi
KAN559 Kanetoshi Mimasaka Bunka (1804-1818)
作陽幕下士源金壽
sakuyo bakkanshi minamoto kanetoshi
KAN559 Kanetoshi Mimasaka Bunka (1804-1818)
津山藩臣多田金壽
tsuyama hanshin toda kanetoshi
KAN561 Kanetsugu Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住金次
bishū ju kanetsugu
KAN562 Kanetsugu Bitchū Kenji (1275-1278)
金次
kanetsugu
KAN563 Kanetsugu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備前國金次
bizen kuni kanetsugu
KAN563 Kanetsugu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州住金次
bishū ju kanetsugu
KAN564 Kanetsugu Etchū Kanbun (1661-1673)
越前國住金次
echizen kuni ju kanetsugu
KAN568 Kanetsune Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
城州住金常
jōshū ju kanetsune
KAN570 Kaneyama Mino Genō (1319-1321)
金山
kaneyama
KAN571 Kaneyama Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
美濃國金山
mino kuni kaneyama
KAN573 Kaneyama Yamato Kōchō (1261-1264)
金山剣男除難壽長
kaneyama kennan jonan toshinaga
KAN575 Kaneyoshi Hōki Ōei (1394-1428)
伯州住金吉
hakushū ju kaneyoshi