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ID Name Province Era Mei
MAS116 Masahira Bungo Shōwa (1926-1989)
豊後國高田住正平作
bungo kuni takata ju masahira saku
MAS1161 Masatsugu Osaka Shōwa (1926-1989)
平安城沖芝源正次
heianjō okishiba minamoto masatsugu
MAS1165 Masatsugu Saga Shōwa (1926-1989)
肥前國正次
hizen kuni masatsugu
MAS1171 Masatsugu Satsuma Kanbun (1661-1673)
薩州住正次
sashū ju masatsugu
MAS1171 Masatsugu Satsuma Kanbun (1661-1673)
薩州住伊豆守正次
sashū ju izu no kami masatsugu
MAS1171 Masatsugu Satsuma Kanbun (1661-1673)
薩州平佐之住正次作
sashū heisa no ju masatsugu saku
MAS1177 Masatsugu Satsuma Bunka (1804-1818)
薩州住正次
sashū ju masatsugu
MAS1181 Masatsugu Settsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
攝州住畠山大和介正次
sesshū ju hatakeyama yamato suke masatsugu
MAS1188 Masatsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
相州鎌倉正次作之
sōshū kamakura masatsugu saku kore
MAS1188 Masatsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
卍正次
manji masatsugu
MAS1197 Masatsugu Yamato Eiroku (1558-1570)
南都金房兵衛尉正次
nanto kanabō hyōejō masatsugu
MAS1197 Masatsugu Yamato Eiroku (1558-1570)
南都住藤原朝臣金房兵衛尉正次
nanto ju fujiwara ason kanabō hyōejō masatsugu
MAS12 Masakiyo Nagato Hōei (1704-1711)
長州住二王方清造之
chōshū ju niō masakiyo tsukuru kore
MAS1210 Masatsuna Hōki Genna (1615-1624)
伯耆國倉吉住藤原正綱作
hoki kuni kurayoshi ju fujiwara masatsuna saku
MAS1210 Masatsuna Hōki Genna (1615-1624)
伯耆國倉吉住弓削新三郎正綱作
hoki kuni kurayoshi ju yuge shinsaburō masatsuna saku
MAS1211 Masatsuna Hōki Keian (1648-1652)
播磨大掾藤原正綱
harima daijō fujiwara masatsuna
MAS1211 Masatsuna Hōki Keian (1648-1652)
伯耆國倉吉住人播磨大掾藤原正綱
hoki kuni kurayoshi junin harima daijō fujiwara masatsuna
MAS1213 Masatsuna Iwami Bunan (1444-1449)
石州住長濱住正綱
sekishū ju nagahama ju masatsuna
MAS1223 Masatsune Bitchū Genryaku (1184-1185)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1224 Masatsune Bitchū Kenpō (1213-1219)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1225 Masatsune Bitchū Ōchō (1311-1312)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1226 Masatsune Bitchū Kōan (1361-1362) ND
備中國正恒
bitchū kuni masatsune
MAS1228 Masatsune Bizen Eien (987-989)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1229 Masatsune Bizen Chōgen (1028-1037)
正恒
masatsune
MAS123 Masahira Satsuma Ansei (1854-1860)
薩摩國藤原正平
satsuma kuni fujiwara masahira
MAS1230 Masatsune Bizen Hōgen (1156-1159)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1231 Masatsune Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1232 Masatsune Bizen Jōkyū (1219-1222)
正恒
masatsune
MAS1239 Masatsune Bungo Shōji (1199-1201)
紀正恒
ki masatsune
MAS1247 Masatsune Chiba Shōwa (1926-1989)
池上一貫齋正恒
ikegami ikkansai masatsune
MAS125 Masahira Shimotsuke Ansei (1854-1860)
野州住正平
yashū ju masahira
MAS125 Masahira Shimotsuke Ansei (1854-1860)
野州住堀川正平
yashū ju horikawa masahira
MAS1254 Masatsune Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
和州住正恒
washū ju masatsune
MAS1254 Masatsune Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
大和國正恒
yamato kuni masatsune
MAS1262 Masauji Kaga Kanbun (1661-1673)
加州住竹下儀兵衛正氏
kashū ju takeshita gibei masauji
MAS1263 Masauji Nagato Kyōhō (1716-1736)
長門萩住石堂藤原正氏
nagato hagi ju ishidō fujiwara masauji
MAS1263 Masauji Nagato Kyōhō (1716-1736)
長州萩住石堂藤原正氏
chōshū hagi ju ishidō fujiwara masauji
MAS1263 Masauji Nagato Kyōhō (1716-1736)
長州住源正氏作
chōshū ju minamoto masauji saku
MAS1267 Masayasu Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後大掾源正全
bungo daijō minamoto masayasu
MAS1267 Masayasu Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後守源正全
bungo no kami minamoto masayasu
MAS1267 Masayasu Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
尾州之住善左衛門尉正全
bishū no ju kisaemonjō masayasu
MAS1267 Masayasu Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
石田善左衛門正全作
ishida kisaemon masayasu saku
MAS1273 Masayasu Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平正安
naminohira masayasu
MAS1279 Masayasu Ōsumi Tenmei (1781-1789)
隅州住正保
gūshū ju masayasu
MAS1279 Masayasu Ōsumi Tenmei (1781-1789)
平正保
taira masayasu
MAS1279 Masayasu Ōsumi Tenmei (1781-1789)
薩州住藤原正保
sashū ju fujiwara masayasu
MAS1286 Masayo Chikugo Kōhei (1058-1065)
正世
masayo
MAS1302 Masayoshi Harima Keiō (1865-1868)
播磨州小野藩臣井上正吉
harima-shū konoban-shin inoue masayoshi
MAS1313 Masayoshi Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
正吉
masayoshi
MAS1315 Masayoshi Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州赤坂住正吉作
nōshū akasaka ju masayoshi saku