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ID Name Province Era Mei
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
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
NOB130 Nobuchika Owari Tenmei (1781-1789)
備州住信近
bishū ju nobuchika
NOB131 Nobuchika Ōmi Shinshinto (1781-1912)
川上信近作
kawakami nobuchika saku