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ID Name Province Era Mei
NAO14 Naohide Musashi Ansei (1854-1860)
荘司勝弥直秀
shoji katsuya naohide
NAO140 Naondo Yamashiro Genji (1864-1865)
吉田直人
yoshida naondo
NAO141 Naonobu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國住直信作
bitchu kuni ju naonobu saku
NAO142 Naonobu Bitchū Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
直信
naonobu
NAO143 Naonobu Dewa Ansei (1854-1860)
米澤住直信
yonezawa ju naonobu
NAO143 Naonobu Dewa Ansei (1854-1860)
赤山入道直信
akayama nyudō naonobu
NAO144 Naonobu Higo Bunsei (1818-1830)
藤肥住直信
tōhi ju naonobu
NAO147 Naonori Dewa Tenpō (1830-1844)
出羽國山形住直則作
dewa kuni yamagata ju naonori saku
NAO147 Naonori Dewa Tenpō (1830-1844)
雲州住月山直則
unshū ju gassan naonori
NAO149 Naonori Yamashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
三品難波介源直格
mishina namba no suke minamoto naonori
NAO151 Naosada Bitchū Ōei (1394-1428)
備中國住直貞
bitchū kuni ju naosada
NAO152 Naosada Iwami Enbun (1356-1361) ND
石州出羽住直貞
sekishū izuha ju naosada
NAO153 Naosada Iwami Ōei (1394-1428)
出羽住直貞
izuha ju naosada
NAO154 Naosada Iwami Kōsho (1455-1457)
出羽住直貞
izuha ju naosada
NAO156 Naosada Kii Genroku (1688-1704)
紀州住藤原直貞
kishū ju fujiwara naosada
NAO157 Naozane Iwami Eishō (1504-1521)
出羽住直眞
izuha ju naozane
NAO158 Naoshige Bungo Koto (987-1596)
直重
naoshige
NAO159 Naoshige Iwami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
石州住直重
sekishū ju naoshige
NAO16 Naohide Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
攝州住藤原大道直秀
sesshū ju fujiwara daimichi naohide
NAO160 Naoshige Iwami Ōei (1394-1428)
石州住直重
sekishū ju naoshige
NAO161 Naoshige Kii Kanbun (1661-1673)
紀州住藤原直重作
kishū ju fujiwara naoshige saku
NAO162 Naoshige Kii Hōei (1704-1711)
於南紀藤原直重
oite nanki fujiwara naoshige
NAO163 Naoshige Kii Kanpō (1741-1744)
紀州住藤原直重
kishū ju fujiwara naoshige
NAO164 Naoshige Shinano Genji (1864-1865)
信州住直重
shinshū ju naoshige
NAO166 Naoshige Yamashiro Genroku (1688-1704)
城州住藤原直重
jōshū ju fujiwara naoshige
NAO167 Naoshige Tenpō (1830-1844)
正六位源直繁朝臣
shōrokui minamoto naoshige ason
NAO17 Naohide Tango Tensho (1573-1592)
藤原大道直秀
fujiwara daimichi naohide
NAO170 Naoshizu Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
豊後高田住平直鎭
bungo takata ju taira naoshizu
NAO170 Naoshizu Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
平直鎭
taira naoshizu
NAO171 Naoshizu Bungo Tensho (1573-1592)
平直鎭
taira naoshizu
NAO172 Naosuke Iwami Taiei (1521-1528)
石州長濱住直助
sekishū nagahama ju naosuke
NAO174 Naosue Iwami Eishō (1504-1521)
石州住直末
sekishū ju naosue
NAO176 Naotada Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船直忠
bishū osafune naotada
NAO177 Naotada Nagato Kanbun (1661-1673)
長州清原直忠
chōshū kiyohara naotada
NAO177 Naotada Nagato Kanbun (1661-1673)
森門長清原直忠
mori kadonaga kiyohara naotada
NAO178 Naotada Yamato Shōwa (1312-1317)
大和國直忠
yamato kuni naotada
NAO18 Naohide Tango Kanei (1624-1644)
藤原大道直秀
fujiwara daimichi naohide
NAO181 Naotaka Bitchū Hōji (1247-1249)
直高
naotaka
NAO182 Naotane Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
直胤
naotane
NAO183 Naotane Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
出羽國住人大慶庄司直胤 (花押)
dewa kuni junin taikei shooji naotane (kao)
NAO183 Naotane Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
莊司筑前大掾大慶直胤 (花押)
shōji chikuzen daijo taikei naotane (kao)
NAO183 Naotane Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
莊司美濃兵藤原直胤 (花押)
shōji mino-be fujiwara naotane (kao)
NAO183 Naotane Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
莊司美濃兵直胤 (花押)
shōji mino-be naotane (kao)
NAO183 Naotane Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
藤直胤 (花押)
fuji naotane (kao)
NAO183 Naotane Musashi Kyōwa (1801-1804)
造直胤
tsukuru naotane
NAO184 Naotane Musashi Genji (1864-1865)
武蔵住人直植造之
musashi junin naotane tsukuru kore
NAO185 Naoteru Satsuma Kaei (1848-1854)
薩州士木村太郎直輝於武州高輪作之
sashū shiki muratarō naoteru oite bushū takanawa saku kore
NAO186 Naotō Musashi Keiō (1865-1868)
荘司勝彌直透
shōji katsume naotō
NAO187 Naotoki Echigo Keiō (1865-1868)
越後新発田住小林直辰
echigo shibata ju kobayashi naotoki
NAO188 Naotomo Bungo Bunka (1804-1818)
豊後朽網住藤原直友
bungo katami ju fujiwara naotomo