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| ID | Name | Province | Era | Mei | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAR9 | Nariie | Bitchū | Kōchō (1261-1264) | 
             成家 nariie            | 
              
| NAR90 | Naritsuna | Bitchū | Jōkyū (1219-1222) | 
             成綱 naritsuna            | 
              
| NAR91 | Naritsuna | Bitchū | Genō (1319-1321) | 
             備中國成綱 bitchū kuni naritsuna            | 
              
| NAR95 | Naritsuna | Bizen | Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND | 
             備前國住成綱 bizen kuni ju naritsuna            | 
              
| NAR99 | Naritsune | Bizen | Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND | 
             備前國住成恒 bizen kuni ju naritsune            | 
              
| NI11 | Nichijō | Bingo | Genchu (1384-1394) | 
             備州住日乗 bishū ju nichijo            | 
              
| NI12 | Nichijō | Bingo | Eikyō (1429-1441) | 
             備州住日乗 bishū ju nichijō            | 
              
| NI13 | Nichijō | Hōki | Shūwa (834-848) | 
             伯耆國一宮日乗 hoki kuni ichimiya nichijō            | 
              
| NI13 | Nichijō | Hōki | Shūwa (834-848) | 
             一宮日乗 ichimiya nichijō            | 
              
| NI13 | Nichijō | Hōki | Shūwa (834-848) | 
             一宮法師長江日乗 ichimiya hōshi choe nichijō            | 
              
| NI15 | Nichijō | Nagato | Tenju (1375-1381) | 
             長州日乗作 chōshū nichijō saku            | 
              
| NI17 | Nichio | Yamato | Bunei (1264-1275) | 
             日王 nichio            | 
              
| NI21 | Nihonichi | Yamashiro | Koto (987-1596) | 
             三条日本一 sanjō nihonichi            | 
              
| NI25 | Nisshō | Dewa | Bunsei (1818-1830) | 
             羽州住本妙寺日正作 ushū ju honmyōji nisshō saku            | 
              
| NI26 | Nisshō | Hōki | Genryaku (1184-1185) | 
             日照 nisshō            | 
              
| NI29 | Niyoinosuke | Tosa | Meiji (1868-1912) | 
             土州安藝井の口住小松如意介 toshū akii no guchi ju komatsu niyoinosuke            | 
              
| NI3 | Nio | Suō | Tenmon (1532-1555) | 
             二王作 nio saku            | 
              
| NI31 | Niisei | Tajima | Kakei (1387-1389) ND | 
             但馬國室庄住新井 tajima kuni muroshō ju niisei            | 
              
| NIS1 | Nishizumi | Suruga | Genroku (1688-1704) | 
             駿州久能住西純 sunshū kunō ju nishizumi            | 
              
| NO2 | Noguchi | Hōki | Genna (1615-1624) | 
             朝臣野口 ason noguchi            | 
              
| NO2 | Noguchi | Hōki | Genna (1615-1624) | 
             藤原朝臣野口 fujiwara ason noguchi            | 
              
| NO3 | Nosato | Hōki | Kanei (1624-1644) | 
             伯州倉吉住野里 hakushū kurakichi ju nosato            | 
              
| NOB1 | Nobukazu | Musashi | Kanbun (1661-1673) | 
             於武州品川入道丙一造之 oite bushū shinagawa nyudō nobukazu tsukuru kore            | 
              
| NOB10 | Nobufusa | Bizen | Genkō (1321-1324) | 
             備州長船住人延房 bishū osafune junin nobufusa            | 
              
| NOB107 | Nobutsugu | Owari | Eishō (1504-1521) | 
             延次 nobutsugu            | 
              
| NOB11 | Nobufusa | Bizen | Ōnin (1467-1469) | 
             備州長船延房 bishū osafune nobufusa            | 
              
| NOB11 | Nobufusa | Bizen | Ōnin (1467-1469) | 
             備前住人延房 bizen junin nobufusa            | 
              
| NOB110 | Nobuyori | Bizen | Bunpō (1317-1319) | 
             備前國長船住延依 bizen kuni osafune ju nobuyori            | 
              
| NOB110 | Nobuyori | Bizen | Bunpō (1317-1319) | 
             備州吉岡住延依 bishū yoshioka ju nobuyori            | 
              
| NOB111 | Nobuyori | Bizen | Gentoku (1329-1331) | 
             備前國長船住延依 bizen kuni osafune ju nobuyori            | 
              
| NOB114 | Nobuyoshi | Bizen | Gentoku (1329-1331) | 
             延吉 nobuyoshi            | 
              
| NOB115 | Nobuyoshi | Bizen | Eishō (1504-1521) | 
             備州長船延吉 bishū osafune nobuyoshi            | 
              
| NOB116 | Nobuyoshi | Yamashiro | Meiō (1492-1501) | 
             平安城延吉 heianjō nobuyoshi            | 
              
| NOB116 | Nobuyoshi | Yamashiro | Meiō (1492-1501) | 
             了戒延吉作 ryōkai nobuyoshi saku            | 
              
| NOB118 | Nobuyoshi | Shōwa (1926-1989) | 
             延嘉作 nobuyoshi saku            | 
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| NOB119 | Nobuyuki | Bungo | Meiō (1492-1501) | 
             豊後國住信行 bungo kuni ju nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB12 | Nobufusa | Bizen | Eishō (1504-1521) | 
             備州長船延房 bishū osafune nobufusa            | 
              
| NOB120 | Nobuyuki | Satsuma | Tenmon (1532-1555) | 
             波平延行 naminohira nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB121 | Nobuyuki | Satsuma | Tensho (1573-1592) | 
             薩州住信行 sashū ju nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB121 | Nobuyuki | Satsuma | Tensho (1573-1592) | 
             薩州住人信行 sashū junin nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB121 | Nobuyuki | Satsuma | Tensho (1573-1592) | 
             薩州住人藤原信行 sashū junin fujiwara nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB121 | Nobuyuki | Satsuma | Tensho (1573-1592) | 
             波平延行 naminohira nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB122 | Nobuyuki | Satsuma | Koto (987-1596) | 
             波平延行 naminohira nobuyuki            | 
              
| NOB124 | Nobuaki | Tokyo | Taishō (1912-1926) | 
             胤明門人信明作 taneaki mon-nin nobuaki saku            | 
              
| NOB124 | Nobuaki | Tokyo | Taishō (1912-1926) | 
             信明作 nobuaki saku            | 
              
| NOB124 | Nobuaki | Tokyo | Taishō (1912-1926) | 
             矢濤龍鱗齋信明 yagiaki ryūrinsai nobuaki            | 
              
| NOB125 | Nobuaki | Satsuma | Kyōhō (1716-1736) | 
             薩州住信秋 sashū ju nobuaki            | 
              
| NOB126 | Nobuaki | Kii | Meiji (1868-1912) | 
             紀州住佐竹信監於江戸 kishū ju satake nobuaki oite edo            | 
              
| NOB128 | Nobuchika | Bizen | Teiō (1222-1224) | 
             備前國住信近 bizen kuni ju nobuchika            | 
              
| NOB13 | Nobufusa | Bungo | Shōwa (1926-1989) | 
             平延房作 taira nobufusa saku            | 
              

