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ID Name Province Era Mei
SAN120 Sanemitsu Bizen Bunpō (1317-1319)
備州長船眞光
bishū osafune sanemitsu
SAN120 Sanemitsu Bizen Bunpō (1317-1319)
備前國長船住左近将監平眞光
bizen kuni osafune ju sakon shōgen taira sanemitsu
SAN127 Sanemitsu Hōki Genryaku (1184-1185)
眞光
sanemitsu
SAN14 Sanefusa Bizen Jōkyū (1219-1222)
眞房
sanefusa
SAN140 Sanemori Bitchū Jōkyū (1219-1222)
眞守
sanemori
SAN143 Sanemori Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備前國長船住人左近允眞守造
bizen kuni osafune junin sakonsuke sanemori tsukuru
SAN143 Sanemori Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備州長船住人右馬允眞守造
bishū osafune junin uma no suke sanemori tsukuru
SAN147 Sanemori Hōki Kasho (848-851)
伯耆國大原眞守造
hoki kuni ōhara sanemori tsukuru
SAN16 Sanefusa Bizen Genō (1319-1321)
備前住人眞房
bizen junin sanefusa
SAN16 Sanefusa Bizen Genō (1319-1321)
備州長船住眞房
bishū osafune ju sanefusa
SAN165 Sanemoto Etchū Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
越中蠣波郡住眞元
etchu kakiha-gori ju sanemoto
SAN166 Sanemoto Iwami Ōei (1394-1428)
石州出羽住眞元
sekishū izuha ju sanemoto
SAN167 Sanemoto Noto Ōei (1394-1428)
石州出羽住眞元
sekishū izuha ju sanemoto
SAN167 Sanemoto Noto Ōei (1394-1428)
能登珠洲崎眞元
noto tamasuzaki ju sanemoto
SAN170 Sanemune Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
眞宗
sanemune
SAN172 Sanemune Bizen Kenpō (1213-1219)
眞宗
sanemune
SAN173 Sanemune Bizen Shōgen (1259-1260)
眞宗
sanemune
SAN177 Sanemune Hōki Chōho (999-1004)
眞宗
sanemune
SAN190 Sanenaga Bitchū Enkei (1308-1311)
備中萬壽庄住眞長
bitchu manjushō ju sanenaga
SAN190 Sanenaga Bitchū Enkei (1308-1311)
備中萬壽庄住新左衛門尉眞長
bitchu manjushō ju shinsaemonjō sanenaga
SAN191 Sanenaga Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
備前國長船住眞長
bizen kuni osafune ju sanenaga
SAN192 Sanenaga Bizen Shōan (1299-1302)
備前國長船住人平眞長造
bizen kuni osafune junin taira sanenaga tsukuru
SAN2 Sanren Sanuki Bunei (1264-1275)
讃州住山蓮
sanshū ju sanren
SAN221 Sanenori Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備前國吉井住人眞則
bizen kuni yoshii junin sanenori
SAN221 Sanenori Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備州長船眞則
bishū osafune sanenori
SAN232 Saneō Shinano Kōka (1844-1848)
遊射軒眞雄
yūshaken saneo
SAN232 Saneō Shinano Kōka (1844-1848)
遊雲齋眞雄
yūunsai saneo
SAN243 Sanesada Bitchū Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備中國住眞貞
bitchu kuni ju sanesada
SAN244 Sanesada Bitchū Ōei (1394-1428)
備中國眞貞
bitchu kuni sanesada
SAN278 Sanetada Bizen Genkyū (1204-1206)
眞忠
sanetada
SAN278 Sanetada Bizen Genkyū (1204-1206)
眞忠作
sanetada saku
SAN279 Sanetada Bizen Tenpuku (1233-1234)
眞忠
sanetada
SAN282 Sanetada Bizen Shōan (1299-1302)
備前國住眞忠
bizen kuni ju sanetada
SAN299 Sanetoshi Bitchū Bunō (1260-1261)
眞利
sanetoshi
SAN303 Sanetoshi Bizen Jōei (1232-1233)
眞利
sanetoshi
SAN303 Sanetoshi Bizen Jōei (1232-1233)
眞利造
sanetoshi tsukuru
SAN304 Sanetoshi Bizen Hōji (1247-1249)
眞利
sanetoshi
SAN337 Sanetsuna Iwami Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
石州出羽住眞綱
sekishū izuha ju sanetsuna
SAN338 Sanetsune Bitchū Kagen (1303-1306)
備中眞恒作
bitchu sanetsune saku
SAN338 Sanetsune Bitchū Kagen (1303-1306)
眞恒作
sanetsune saku
SAN341 Sanetsune Bizen Shōji (1199-1201)
眞恒
sanetsune
SAN35 Sanehira Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國住加藤真平作
musashi kuni ju katō sanehira saku
SAN35 Sanehira Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國加藤長左衛門真平作
musashi kuni katō chosaemon sanehira saku
SAN376 Saneyuki Bitchū Einin (1293-1299)
備中州青江住眞行
bitchu-shū aoe ju saneyuki
SAN397 Sanea Chikuzen Einin (1293-1299)
筑前國美宇實阿作
chikuzen kuni miu sanea saku
SAN397 Sanea Chikuzen Einin (1293-1299)
實阿作
sanea saku
SAN407 Sanehiro Iwami Kyōroku (1528-1532)
石州住實弘
sekishū ju sanehiro
SAN408 Sanehiro Kii Ōnin (1467-1469)
入鹿實弘
iruka sanehiro
SAN426 Sanemasa Hyūga Tenmon (1532-1555)
日州住真昌作
nishū ju sanemasa saku
SAN431 Sanemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船新左衛門實光
bishū osafune shinsaemon sanemitsu