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ID Namesort icon Province Era Mei
CHI163 Chikamasa Bitchū Eiroku (1558-1570)
備中國於松山三村冬廣五郎兵衛尉親正
bitchū kuni oite matsuyama sanmura fuyuhiro gorōbeijō chikamasa
CHI65 Chikamasa Bingo Tenju (1375-1381)
備州住近正
bishū ju chikamasa
CHI66 Chikamasa Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
備州住近正
bishū ju chikamasa
CHI67 Chikamasa Bizen Kangen (1243-1247)
近正
chikamasa
CHI68 Chikamasa Izumi Ōei (1394-1428)
和泉國住近正
izumi kuni ju chikamasa
CHI69 Chikamasa Izumi Bunmei (1469-1487)
泉州住近正
senshū ju chikamasa
CHI16 Chikamitsu Bizen Chōroku (1457-1460)
備州長船女光
bishū osafune chikamitsu
CHI164 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Meiō (1492-1501)
親光
chikamitsu
CHI165 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野國住得次郎親光
shimotsuke kuni ju tokojirō chikamitsu
CHI165 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野得次郎住親光
shimotsuke tokojirō ju chikamitsu
CHI21 Chikamitsu Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船住周光
bishū osafune ju chikamitsu
CHI22 Chikamitsu Bizen Genchu (1384-1394)
備州長船周光
bishū osafune chikamitsu
CHI71 Chikamitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船近光
bishū osafune chikamitsu
CHI74 Chikamune Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備前國長船近宗
bizen kuni osafune chikamune
CHI75 Chikamune Tosa Kaei (1848-1854)
土佐吉村近宗
tosa yoshimura chikamune
CHI81 Chikamura Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備前長船住近村
bizen osafune ju chikamura
CHI82 Chikamura Yamashiro Chōkyū (1040-1044)
近村
chikamura
CHI84 Chikamura Yamashiro Kenkyū (1190-1199)
近村
chikamura
CHI167 Chikanobu Bungo Kōka (1844-1848)
藍澤親信
aizawa chikanobu
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
筑後柳川住下坂親信
chikugo yanagawa ju shimosaka chikanobu
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
藤原下坂親信
fujiwara shimosaka chikanobu
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
九州筑後柳川住下坂五代目親信作
kyushū chikugo yanagawa ju shimosaka godaime chikanobu saku
CHI86 Chikanobu Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
近信
chikanobu
CHI103 Chikanori Rikuchu Kyūan (1145-1151)
日明法師
nichimyō hōshi
CHI108 Chikanori Uzen Eishō (1504-1521)
羽州住人月山近則
ushū junin gassan chikanori
CHI114 Chikanori Hōki Teiji (1362-1368) ND
伯州住近範
hakushū ju chikanori
CHI169 Chikanori Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
親則
chikanori
CHI171 Chikanori Bitchū Shōchū (1324-1326)
親則
chikanori
CHI92 Chikanori Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備前國長船住近則
bizen kuni osafune ju chikanori
CHI94 Chikanori Dewa Bunki (1501-1504)
羽州住近則
ushū ju chikanori
CHI94 Chikanori Dewa Bunki (1501-1504)
羽州月山近則
ushū gassan chikanori
CHI95 Chikanori Dewa Tenmon (1532-1555)
羽州住月山近則
ushū ju gassan chikanori
CHI96 Chikanori Hitachi Bunsei (1818-1830)
関善定家近則作
seki zenjō ke chikanori saku
CHI96 Chikanori Hitachi Bunsei (1818-1830)
常州水戸住近則
jōshū mito ju chikanori
CHI96 Chikanori Hitachi Bunsei (1818-1830)
水戸住関善定家近則造
mito ju seki zenjō ke chikanori tsukuru
CHI173 Chikao Inaba Shinto (1596-1781)
因幡少目廣田氏親雄
inaba shomoku hirota uji chikao
CHI116 Chikasada Bizen Bunji (1185-1190)
備州長船近貞
bishū osafune chikasada
CHI118 Chikasada Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船近貞
bishū osafune chikasada
CHI126 Chikashige Shinano Bunan (1444-1449)
信州住近重
shinshū ju chikashige
CHI24 Chikashige Musashi Eishō (1504-1521)
但馬守周重
tajima no kami chikashige
CHI25 Chikashige Musashi Eiroku (1558-1570)
武州下原住周重
bushū shimohara ju chikashige
CHI26 Chikashige Musashi Genki (1570-1573)
武州下原住山本内匠周重
bushū shimohara ju yamamoto takumi chikashige
CHI27 Chikashige Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
武州下原住山本外記周重
bushū shimohara ju yamamoto geki chikashige
CHI28 Chikashige Musashi Shinto (1596-1781)
武州下原住藤原周重
bushū shimohara ju fujiwara chikashige
CHI128 Chikasuke Bizen Koto (987-1596)
近助
chikasuke
CHI132 Chikatada Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船近忠
bishū osafune chikatada
CHI174 Chikatada Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備州長船親忠
bishū osafune chikatada
CHI135 Chikatomo Bizen Ninan (1166-1169)
備前長船住近倫
bizen osafune ju chikatomo
CHI135 Chikatomo Bizen Ninan (1166-1169)
近倫
chikatomo
CHI136 Chikatomo Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
備前國長船住近倫
bizen kuni osafune ju chikatomo