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ID Name Province Era Mei
SAN431 Sanemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船實光
bishū osafune sanemitsu
SAN437 Sanemori Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
備前國實守
bizen kuni sanemori
SAN44 Saneie Bizen Ninji (1240-1243)
備前國眞家
bizen kuni saneie
SAN475 Saneshige Bingo Shōchō (1428-1429)
備後三原住辰房真重
bingo mihara ju shinbō saneshige
SAN475 Saneshige Bingo Shōchō (1428-1429)
備後尾道住辰房真重
bingo onomichi ju shinbō saneshige
SAN477 Saneshige Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備州尾道辰房真重
bishū onomichi shinbō saneshige
SAN477 Saneshige Bingo Meiō (1492-1501)
備後尾道住真重
bingo onomichi ju saneshige
SAN488 Sanetada Bizen Shōan (1299-1302)
備州長船住實忠
bishū osafune ju sanetada
SAN488 Sanetada Bizen Shōan (1299-1302)
備前國住人實忠
bizen kuni junin sanetada
SAN490 Sanetada Hyūga Eiroku (1558-1570)
日州古屋住實忠作
nishū furuya ju sanetada saku
SAN505 Sanetsugu Kii Ōei (1394-1428)
熊野山住藤原實次
kumano yama ju fujiwara sanetsugu
SAN510 Sanetsugu Kii Kanshō (1460-1466)
紀州入鹿住實繼
kishū iruka ju sanetsugu
SAN510 Sanetsugu Kii Kanshō (1460-1466)
入鹿實繼作
iruka sanetsugu saku
SAN512 Sanetsuna Kii Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
入鹿住藤原實綱
iruka ju fujiwara sanetsuna
SAN512 Sanetsuna Kii Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
入鹿實綱作
iruka sanetsuna saku
SAN515 Sanetsuna Kii Bunmei (1469-1487)
入鹿實綱作
iruka sanetsuna saku
SAN515 Sanetsuna Kii Bunmei (1469-1487)
入鹿住藤原實綱
iruka ju fujiwara sanetsuna
SAN527 Sanetsune Mimasaka Shoō (1288-1293)
作州實經
sakushū sanetsune
SAN562 Saneyuki Bungo Eikyō (1429-1441)
豊後高田住藤原實行
bungo takata ju fujiwara saneyuki
SAN563 Saneyuki Bungo Eikyō (1429-1441)
豊後高田實行
bungo takata saneyuki
SAN565 Saneyuki Bungo Bunan (1444-1449)
豊後州高田住實行
bungo-shū takata ju saneyuki
SAN565 Saneyuki Bungo Bunan (1444-1449)
藤原實行
fujiwara saneyuki
SAN569 Saneyuki Bungo Kanei (1624-1644)
豊後高田住藤原實行
bungo takata ju fujiwara saneyuki
SAN571 Saneyuki Bungo Kanbun (1661-1673)
豊後高田住藤原實行
bungo takata ju fujiwara saneyuki
SAN596 Sanren Sanuki Kanei (1624-1644)
讃州住山蓮
sanshū ju sanren
SAN63 Sanekage Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船住眞景
bishū osafune ju sanekage
SAN68 Sanekage Hōki Genryaku (1184-1185)
眞景
sanekage
SAN72 Sanekage Kaga Teiji (1362-1368) ND
加州住藤原真景作
kashū ju fujiwara sanekage saku
SAN72 Sanekage Kaga Teiji (1362-1368) ND
藤原真景
fujiwara sanekage
SAN73 Sanekage Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
加州岩滝住真景
kashu iwataki ju sanekage
SAN73 Sanekage Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
藤原真景
fujiwara sanekage
SAN73 Sanekage Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
加州住久原真景
kashu ju kuhara sanekage
SAN91 Sanekuni Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
真國
sanekuni
SAN96 Sanekuni Etchū Kakitsu (1441-1444)
宇多眞國
uda sanekuni
SAN97 Sanekuni Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多眞國
uda sanekuni
SAN98 Sanekuni Etchū Meiō (1492-1501)
宇多眞國
uda sanekuni
SEN28 Senhō Ishikawa Shōwa (1926-1989)
加賀國住両山子正峯作之
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi senhō saku kore
SEN4 Senjuin Mino Kyōtoku (1452-1455)
濃州住人千手院
nōshū junin senjuin
SEN5 Senjuin Mino Chōkyō (1487-1489)
濃州住人千手院作
nōshū junin senjuin saku
SHI1008 Shin Mutsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
震作之
shin saku kore
SHI102 Shigehiro Yamato Ninan (1166-1169)
千手院重弘作
senjuin shigehiro saku
SHI120 Shigehisa Bizen Bunryaku (1234-1235)
重久
shigehisa
SHI137 Shigeie Bizen Shokei (1332-1334) ND
備州長船重家
bishū osafune shigeie
SHI138 Shigeie Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船住重家
bishū osafune ju shigeie
SHI150 Shigekane Chikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
筑州住源信國重包
chikushū ju minamoto nobukuni shigekane
SHI151 Shigekane Chikuzen Bunka (1804-1818)
信國源重包
nobukuni minamoto shigekane
SHI158 Shigekatsu Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備後尾道住辰房重勝
bingo onomichi ju shinbō shigekatsu
SHI173 Shigekatsu Shimotsuke Tenmon (1532-1555)
野州住重勝
yashū ju shigekatsu
SHI180 Shigekazu Ugo Ansei (1854-1860)
清水子重一造之
shimizu-shi shigekazu tsukuru kore
SHI183 Shigekiyo Etchū Meireki (1655-1658)
冨山住藤原重清
tomiyama ju fujiwara shigekiyo