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ID Name Province Era Mei
NAR29 Narikuni Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住成國
jōshū ju narikuni
NAR31 Narimasa Genna (1615-1624)
肥前守成當
hizen no kami narimasa
NAR32 Narimitsu Bizen Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備州長船成光
bishū osafune narimitsu
NAR33 Narimitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船成光
bishū osafune narimitsu
NAR34 Narimitsu Bizen Entoku (1489-1492)
備州長船成光
bishū osafune narimitsu
NAR36 Narimori Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備州長船成盛
bishū osafune narimori
NAR37 Narimune Bingo Tensho (1573-1592)
法華一文字成宗
hokke ichimonji narimune
NAR38 Narimune Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
成宗
narimune
NAR39 Narimune Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
成宗
narimune
NAR4 Narichika Bizen Jōei (1232-1233)
備前國成近
bizen kuni narichika
NAR40 Narimune Bizen Einin (1293-1299)
成宗
narimune
NAR41 Narimune Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
成宗
narimune
NAR44 Narimune Keian (1648-1652)
一文字成宗
ichimonji narimune
NAR47 Narinaga Settsu Tenmei (1781-1789)
於浪花四橋下吉岡成長鍛之
oite naniwa yotsuhashishita yoshioka narinaga tankore
NAR48 Narinari Etchū Ansei (1854-1860)
越中國住成就於東都作之
etchu kuni ju narinari oite tōtō saku kore
NAR49 Narinawa Bizen Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
備前國住成繩
bizen kuni ju narinawa
NAR50 Narinobu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
成信
narinobu
NAR51 Narinori Bizen Shōchū (1324-1326)
備前吉井住成則
bizen yoshii ju narinori
NAR52 Narinori Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船成則
bishū osafune narinori
NAR53 Narinori Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備前國吉井成則
bizen kuni yoshii narinori
NAR54 Narinori Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉田成徳鍛之
yoshida narinori kitau kore
NAR55 Narisada Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
常陸大目成定
hitachi ōme narisada
NAR55 Narisada Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
常陸大掾下坂成定
hitachi daijō shimosaka narisada
NAR55 Narisada Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
藤原成定
fujiwara narisada
NAR56 Narizane Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備前長船成眞
bizen osafune narizane
NAR58 Narishige Bizen Kōan (1361-1362) ND
備州長船成重
bishū osafune narishige
NAR59 Narishige Bizen Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
備州長船住成重
bishū osafune ju narishige
NAR6 Narichika Hōki Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
伯州住成近
hakushū ju narichika
NAR60 Narishige Bizen Ōnin (1467-1469)
備州長船住成重
bishū osafune ju narishige
NAR61 Narishige Kaga Bunmei (1469-1487)
藤島成重
fujishima narishige
NAR62 Narishige Kōzuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
上州住成重
jōshū ju narishige
NAR63 Narishige Ugo Jokyō (1684-1688)
羽州秋田住成重
ushū akita ju narishige
NAR64 Narishige Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
埋忠成重
umetada narishige
NAR65 Narishige Echizen Jokyō (1684-1688)
越前住藤原成繁
echizen ju fujiwara narishige
NAR67 Narisuke Bizen Tenju (1375-1381)
備州長船成助
bishū osafune narisuke
NAR68 Narisuke Bizen Tenju (1375-1381)
備州長船成助
bishū osafune narisuke
NAR7 Narihiro Bizen Tenju (1375-1381)
備州長船成弘
bishū osafune narihiro
NAR71 Naritada Bizen Shōan (1299-1302)
備前國長船住成忠
bizen kuni osafune ju naritada
NAR72 Naritada Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船住成忠
bishū osafune ju naritada
NAR73 Naritada Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船成忠
bishū osafune naritada
NAR78 Naritaka Bizen Bunpō (1317-1319)
備州長船住成高
bishū osafune ju naritaka
NAR79 Naritaka Bungo Tenmon (1532-1555)
豊州住成高
hōshū ju naritaka
NAR8 Narihiro Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
城州堀川住成廣
jōshū horikawa ju narihiro
NAR8 Narihiro Yamashiro Genna (1615-1624)
洛陽堀川住成廣造
rakuyō horikawa ju narihiro tsukuru
NAR83 Naritomo Etchū Ansei (1854-1860)
越中國住成就於東都作之
etchu kuni ju naritomo oite tōtō saku kore
NAR85 Naritsugu Bitchū Kenpō (1213-1219)
成次
naritsugu
NAR86 Naritsugu Bitchū Tenpuku (1233-1234)
成次
naritsugu
NAR89 Naritsugu Genna (1615-1624)
丹後守成次
tango no kami naritsugu
NAR9 Nariie Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
成家
nariie
NAR90 Naritsuna Bitchū Jōkyū (1219-1222)
成綱
naritsuna