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ID Name Province Era Meisort icon
YAS758 Yasuyoshi Awa (阿波) Eiroku (1558-1570)
阿州住泰吉
ashū ju yasuyoshi
YAS720 Yasumitsu Awa (阿波) Tenmon (1532-1555)
阿州住泰光作
ashū ju yasumitsu saku
UJI208 Ujiyoshi Awa (阿波) Tenmon (1532-1555)
阿州住氏吉
ashū ju ujiyoshi
UJI72 Ujihisa Awa (阿波) Tenmon (1532-1555)
阿州住氏久作
ashū ju ujihisa saku
ARI247 Ariyoshi Awa (阿波) Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
阿州住有吉
ashū ju ariyoshi
TOS24 Toshihira Awa (阿波) Genroku (1688-1704)
阿州住利平
ashū ju toshihara
TAK214 Takateru Awa (阿波) Kanei (1624-1644)
阿州住人尊輝
ashū junin takateru
TAK211 Takakazu Awa (阿波) Shinto (1596-1781)
阿州二星丸尊一
ashū niseimaru takakazu
WAS1 Washitsuka Suō Genji (1864-1865)
防州降松住鷲塚造之
boshū kudarimatsu ju washitsuka tsukuru kore
KIY532 Kiyotada Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
防州清忠作
bōshū kiyotada saku
NOB433 Nobusada Suō Tenmon (1532-1555)
防州楊井津住清原右衛門尉信貞
bōshū yanaitsu ju kiyohira uemonjō nobusada
NOB431 Nobusada Suō Kakitsu (1441-1444)
防州楊井住信貞
bōshū yanai ju nobusada
MOR935 Moritoshi Suō Kōka (1844-1848)
防州岩國住岩本清左衛門運司盛寿
bōshū iwakuni ju iwamoto seisaemon unshi moritoshi
NOB434 Nobusada Suō Kanbun (1661-1673)
防州住源信貞作
bōshū ju minamoto nobusada saku
KIY360 Kiyonobu Suō Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
防州住清信
boshu ju kiyonobu
KIY299 Kiyonaga Suō Ōei (1394-1428)
防州住二王清永
bōshū ju niō kiyonaga
KAZ15 Kazukiyo Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
防州二王一清
bōshū niō kazukiyo
KAN11 Kanju Tōtōmi Bunji (1185-1190)
關東
kanto
KAN1582 Kanemoto Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
關住大吉兼元
seki ju daikichi kanemoto
KAN2515 Kanetoki Mino Bunroku (1592-1596)
關住兼辰作
seki ju kanetoki saku
KAN2293 Kaneshiro Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
關住兼白作
seki ju kaneshiro saku
KAN2420 Kanetaka Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
關住兼桑山高作
seki ju kuwayama kanetaka saku
HID177 Hidetada Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
関秀忠作之
seki hidetada saku kore
CHI96 Chikanori Hitachi Bunsei (1818-1830)
関善定家近則作
seki zenjō ke chikanori saku
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
関善定兼吉家
seki genjo kaneyoshi ke
YOS856 Yoshitoki Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
関善定上野介源酒尾吉時
seki zenjō kozuke no suke minamoto sakeno yoshitoki
KAN1395 Kanemichi Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
関兼道作
seki kanemichi saku
KAN2088 Kanesada Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
関兼貞作
seki kanesada saku
KAN831 Kaneharu Mino Chōroku (1457-1460)
関兼春
seki kaneharu
KAN766 Kanefusa Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
関兼房
seki kanefusa
KAN1805 Kanenobu Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
関兼信
seki kanenobu
KAN539 Kaneshige Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住高崎金繁作
seki ju takasaki kaneshige saku
KAN577 Kaneyoshi Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
関住金吉
seki ju kaneyoshi
KAN765 Kanefusa Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
関住藤原氏房
seki ju fujiwara ujifusa
KAN3141 Kaneyuki Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
関住藤原兼行
seki ju fujiwara kaneyuki
KAN2191 Kanezane Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住藤原兼眞作
seki jū fujiwara kanezane saku
KAN763 Kanefusa Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
関住藤原兼房
seki ju fujiwara kanefusa
KAN1581 Kanemoto Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
関住藤原兼元
seki ju fujiwara kanemoto
HID104 Hidemune Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住秀宗作
seki ju hidemune saku
KAN765 Kanefusa Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
関住石見守氏房
seki ju iwami no kami ujifusa
KIY562 Kiyotsugu Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
関住清次
seki ju kiyotsugu
KAN822 Kaneharu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住森兼治
seki ju mori kaneharu
HID104 Hidemune Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住松原秀宗作之
seki ju matsuhara hidemune saku kore
HIR359 Hironori Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
関住廣則
seki ju hironori
HID184 Hidetoki Musashi Kanei (1624-1644)
関住山城守藤原秀辰
seki ju yamashiro no kami fujiwara hidetoki
KAN2023 Kanesada Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
関住和泉守藤原兼定作
seki ju izumi no kami fujiwara kanesada saku
KAN1077 Kanekado Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住吉田兼門
seki ju yoshida kanekado (kokuin)
KAN105 Kanekura Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
関住包藏
seki ju kanekura
KAN2254 Kaneshige Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
関住兼重作
seki ju kaneshige saku
KAN1396 Kanemichi Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
関住兼道
seki ju kanemichi