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ID Name Province Era Mei
NAO242 Naoyoshi Yamashiro Kakei (1387-1389) ND
了戒直能作
ryōkai naoyoshi saku
NAO243 Naoyoshi Shinano Tenpō (1830-1844)
信濃國住蓑一郎直嘉作
shinano kuni ju minoichirō naoyoshi saku
NAO245 Naoyoshi Mikawa Kaei (1848-1854)
泉心子直義
senshinshi naoyoshi
NAO245 Naoyoshi Mikawa Kaei (1848-1854)
源直義
minamoto naoyoshi
NAO247 Naoyuki Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道住五阿弥直行作
bishū onomichi ju goami naoyuki saku
NAO248 Naoyuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州住五阿彌直行
bishū ju goami naoyuki
NAO248 Naoyuki Bingo Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州尾道住五阿彌直行作
bishū onomichi ju goami naoyuki saku
NAO249 Naoyuki Bizen Einin (1293-1299)
備前國長船住直行
bizen kuni osafune ju naoyuki
NAO25 Naohiro Musashi Shōwa (1926-1989)
武州武蔵町高倉住直弘
bushū musashi-cho takakura ju naohiro
NAO250 Naoyuki Bungo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
豊後國鬼鏡直行造之
bungo kuni onikagami naoyuki tsukuru kore
NAO250 Naoyuki Bungo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
於肥前唐津直行
oite hizen karatsu naoyuki
NAO251 Naoyuki Bungo Tensho (1573-1592)
直行
naoyuki
NAO252 Naoyuki Hizen Genbun (1736-1741)
豊後國鬼鏡直行造之
bungo kuni kikyō naoyuki tsukuru kore
NAO252 Naoyuki Hizen Genbun (1736-1741)
於肥前唐津直行造
oite hizen karatsu naoyuki tsukuru
NAO253 Naoyuki Shimotsuke Bunsei (1818-1830)
雲龍子直行
unryūshi naoyuki
NAO254 Naoyuki Higo Tenpō (1830-1844)
肥後八代住直幸
higo yatsushiro ju nobuyoshi
NAO255 Naoharu Hōki Keiō (1865-1868)
伯州矢橋郡住藤原甚次郎尚春
hakushū yahashi-gori ju fujiwara jinjirō naoharu
NAO255 Naoharu Hōki Keiō (1865-1868)
伯耆國尚春
hoki kuni naoharu
NAO256 Naokatsu Kii Kyōhō (1716-1736)
紀州住藤原尚勝
kishū ju fujiwara naokatsu
NAO257 Naomitsu Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船尚光
bishū osafune naomitsu
NAO258 Naomitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船尚光
bishū osafune naomitsu
NAO259 Naomitsu Bizen Kanshō (1460-1466)
備州長船尚光
bishū osafune naomitsu
NAO260 Naomitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船尚光
bishū osafune naomitsu
NAO261 Naomitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船尚光
bishū osafune naomitsu
NAO263 Naomori Koto (987-1596)
尚盛
naomori
NAO264 Naomune Bizen Karoku (1225-1227)
尚宗
naomune
NAO264 Naomune Bizen Karoku (1225-1227)
ichi
NAO265 Naomune Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船尚宗
bishū osafune naomune
NAO266 Naomune Buzen Tenpō (1830-1844)
豊前中津臣尚宗
buzen nakatsu-shin naomune
NAO267 Naomune Kii Bunsei (1818-1830)
紀州住藤原尚宗
kishū ju fujiwara naomune
NAO268 Naosada Kii Genbun (1736-1741)
紀州住藤原尚定
kishū ju fujiwara naosada
NAO269 Naoshige Kii Kyōhō (1716-1736)
紀州住尚茂
kishū ju naoshige
NAO270 Naoshige Kii Kanpō (1741-1744)
紀州和歌山住藤原尚重
kishū wakayama ju fujiwara naoshige
NAO272 Naotoki Echigo Keiō (1865-1868)
北越新陽小林音治郎尚辰
kitakoshi shinyō kobayashi otojirō naotoki
NAO273 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後高田住藤原尚行
bungo takata ju fujiwara naoyuki
NAO273 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後國藤原尚行
bungo kuni fujiwara naoyuki
NAO274 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊後高田住藤原尚行
bungo takata ju fujiwara naoyuki
NAO274 Naoyuki Bungo Enpō (1673-1681)
豊州高田住藤原尚行
hōshū takata ju fujiwara naoyuki
NAO28 Naohiro Saitama Shōwa (1926-1989)
壽王武州武蔵町高倉住直弘
juō bushū musashi-machi takakura ju naohiro
NAO3 Naoari Iwami Kōji (1555-1558)
石州長濱住直有
sekishū nagahama ju naoari
NAO30 Naohiro Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
東京住土野直弘
tokyo ju tsuchino naohiro
NAO31 Naohiro Bungo Kaei (1848-1854)
豊後高田住同田貫直廣
bungo takata ju dotanuki naohiro
NAO32 Naohiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
小林孫六直廣
kobayashi magoroku naohiro
NAO32 Naohiro Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
米澤住小林孫六直廣作
yonezawa ju kobayashi magoroku naohiro saku
NAO33 Naohiro Higo Tenpō (1830-1844)
肥後國菊池後藤直廣
higo kuni kikuchi gotō naohiro
NAO34 Naohiro Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
大和守藤原直廣
yamato no kami fujiwara naohiro
NAO35 Naohiro Owari Jokyō (1684-1688)
尾州犬山住直廣
bishū inuyama ju naohiro
NAO36 Naohiro Owari Genroku (1688-1704)
大和守藤原直廣
yamato no kami fujiwara naohiro
NAO37 Naohiro Meiji (1868-1912)
府治衛孫六直廣
fujie magoroku naohiro
NAO39 Naohisa Bizen Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
備州長船直久
bishū osafune naohisa