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ID Name Province Era Mei
MOR934 Moritoshi Musashi Genji (1864-1865)
江戸本郷住栗原久次郎盛俊
edo hongo ju kurihara kyūjirō moritoshi
MOR934 Moritoshi Musashi Genji (1864-1865)
盛俊作
moritoshi saku
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
MOR942 Moritoshi Echigo Keiō (1865-1868)
盛壽造
moritoshi tsukuru
MOR942 Moritoshi Echigo Keiō (1865-1868)
栗原小太郎盛壽
kurihara kotarō moritoshi
MOR942 Moritoshi Echigo Keiō (1865-1868)
越後三条住栗原盛壽
echigo sanjo ju kurihara moritoshi
MOR942 Moritoshi Echigo Keiō (1865-1868)
栗原盛壽入道泉阿
kurihara moritoshi nyudō sena
MOR943 Moritsugu Bitchū Gennin (1224-1225)
盛次
moritsugu
MOR944 Moritsugu Bitchū Hōji (1247-1249)
盛次
moritsugu
MOR945 Moritsugu Bitchū Shokei (1332-1334) ND
備中青江住盛次
bitchū aoe ju moritsugu
MOR946 Moritsugu Bitchū Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備中住盛次
bitchu ju moritsugu
MOR947 Moritsugu Bitchū Ōei (1394-1428)
備中住盛次
bitchū ju moritsugu
MOR961 Moritsugu Chikuzen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
筑州住金剛兵衛尉源盛次
chikushū ju kongōbyōejō minamoto moritsugu
MOR966 Moritsugu Chikuzen Keichō (1596-1615)
筑前國住益永十助源盛次
chikuzen kuni ju masunaga ju suke minamoto moritsugu
MOR966 Moritsugu Chikuzen Keichō (1596-1615)
筑前濱田源盛次
chikuzen hamada minamoto moritsugu
MOR968 Moritsugu Hizen Taiei (1521-1528)
肥前住源盛次
hizen ju minamoto moritsugu
MOR984 Moritsuna Chikuzen Genkō (1321-1324)
博多住源盛綱
hakata ju minamoto moritsuna
MOR991 Moritsuna Iwami Shōwa (1312-1317)
石州出羽住盛綱
sekishū izuha ju moritsuna
MOR991 Moritsuna Iwami Shōwa (1312-1317)
石州住左衛門尉盛綱
sekishū ju saemonjō moritsuna
MOT101 Motoshige Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備州長船元重
bishū osafune motoshige
MOT101 Motoshige Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備前國住元重
bizen kuni ju motoshige
MOT103 Motoshige Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備前國長船元重
bizen kuni osafune motoshige
MOT103 Motoshige Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船住元重
bishū osafune ju motoshige
MOT114 Motosuke Suruga Tenmon (1532-1555)
駿州住元助
sunshū ju motosuke
MOT12 Motohira Satsuma Tenmei (1781-1789)
薩陽士元平
satsuyō shi motohira
MOT12 Motohira Satsuma Tenmei (1781-1789)
薩陽士奥元平
satsuyō shi oku motohira
MOT12 Motohira Satsuma Tenmei (1781-1789)
薩陽士奥氏平元平
satsuyō shi oku uji taira motohira
MOT12 Motohira Satsuma Tenmei (1781-1789)
薩番臣奥元平
satsuban shin oku motohira
MOT12 Motohira Satsuma Tenmei (1781-1789)
奥大和守平朝臣元平
oku yamato no kami taira ason motohira
MOT121 Mototake Satsuma Anei (1772-1781)
薩摩士奥氏平元武
satsuma-shi okuuji taira mototake
MOT121 Mototake Satsuma Anei (1772-1781)
薩陽臣奥平元武
satsuyō-shin oku taira mototake
MOT121 Mototake Satsuma Anei (1772-1781)
薩陽士奥平元武
satsuyō-shi oku taira mototake
MOT121 Mototake Satsuma Anei (1772-1781)
薩州住元武
sashū ju mototake
MOT13 Motohira Satsuma Kansei (1789-1801)
薩陽奥士元平
satsuyo oku shi motohira
MOT13 Motohira Satsuma Kansei (1789-1801)
薩陽士奥平元平
satsuyo shi okuhira motohira
MOT137 Mototsuna Suō Kōsho (1455-1457)
二王元綱作
niō mototsuna saku
MOT155 Motoyasu Satsuma Anei (1772-1781)
薩陽士奥元安
satsuyō-shi oku motoyasu
MOT156 Motoyasu Satsuma Bunsei (1818-1830)
薩陽士奥平元安
satsuyō-shi oku taira motoyasu
MOT177 Motoyuki Hizen Tenna (1681-1684)
高田河内守源本行
takata kawachi no kami minamoto motoyuki
MOT177 Motoyuki Hizen Tenna (1681-1684)
豊後太郎本行
bungo tarō motoyuki
MOT182 Motochika Bizen Gennin (1224-1225)
基近
motochika
MOT182 Motochika Bizen Gennin (1224-1225)
基近造
motochika tsukuru
MOT183 Motochika Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
基近
motochika
MOT183 Motochika Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
基近造
motochika tsukuru
MOT184 Motochika Bizen Shōgen (1259-1260)
基近造
motochika tsukuru
MOT185 Motochika Bizen Kagen (1303-1306)
備前國長船基近
bizen kuni osafune motochika
MOT186 Motochika Bizen Kareki (1326-1329)
備州長船住基近作
bishū osafune ju motochika saku
MOT187 Motochika Bizen Shitoku (1384-1387) ND
備州長船基近
bishū osafune motochika
MOT188 Motochika Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
基近
motochika
MOT189 Motochika Yamato Kenpō (1213-1219)
基近
motochika