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ID Name Province Era Mei
AKI107 Akimasa Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
相州住秋正
sōshū ju akimasa
AKI107 Akimasa Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
秋正
akimasa
AKI108 Akimitsu Harima Genbun (1736-1741)
播州姫路住丹治秋盈
banshū himeji ju tanji akimitsu
AKI110 Akishige Harima Kaei (1848-1854)
姫路臣秋茂
himeji-shin akishige
AKI111 Akishige Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
相州住秋重
sōshū ju akishige
AKI111 Akishige Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
秋重
akishige
AKI112 Akitada Sagami Tensho (1573-1592)
相州住秋忠
soshū ju akitada
AKI113 Akitane Harima Bunkyū (1861-1864)
姫路臣服部秋胤
himeji-shin hattori akitane
AKI113 Akitane Harima Bunkyū (1861-1864)
丹治秋胤造
tanji akitane tsukuru
AKI114 Akitomo Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州関住秋友作
nōshū seki ju akitomo saku
AKI115 Akitoshi Harima Genji (1864-1865)
姫路市橋源秋利
himeji ichihashi minamoto akitoshi
AKI116 Akitsugu Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
九州肥後國同田貫秋次
kyushū higo kuni dotanuki akitsugu
AKI118 Akiyoshi Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
秋義
akiyoshi
AKI118 Akiyoshi Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
相模國住人秋義
sagami kuni junin akiyoshi
AKI118 Akiyoshi Sagami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
相州住秋義
sōshū ju akiyoshi
AKI12 Akiteru Hōki Genryaku (1184-1185)
日照
akiteru
AKI12 Akiteru Hōki Genryaku (1184-1185)
日昭
akiteru
AKI120 Akiyoshi Sagami Tenju (1375-1381)
相州國住人秋義
sōshū kuni junin akiyoshi
AKI122 Akihide Uzen Bunka (1804-1818)
水生子紹秀
suiseishi akihide
AKI123 Akiyoshi Musashi Kansei (1789-1801)
彦坂秋芳
hikosaka akiyoshi
AKI123 Akiyoshi Musashi Kansei (1789-1801)
秋芳作
akiyoshi saku
AKI127 Akiyasu Hizen Genki (1570-1573)
肥州住著安
hishū ju akiyasu
AKI129 Akihide Tosa Shōwa (1926-1989)
土佐詮秀作
tosa akihide saku
AKI130 Akinaga Bungo Genki (1570-1573)
平銘長
taira akinaga
AKI131 Akisada Bizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
備前岡山住安藤徳兵衛尉誠定
bizen okayama ju ando tokubei-jo akisada
AKI132 Akitoshi Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
尾州小牧住加古誠利鍛之
bishū komaki ju kako akitoshi kitau kore
AKI132 Akitoshi Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
加古誠利
kako akitoshi
AKI133 Akihisa Bungo Bunan (1444-1449)
豊後州住顯久
bungo shū ju akihisa
AKI134 Akihisa Chikugo Chōroku (1457-1460)
三池住顯久作
miike ju akihisa saku
AKI136 Akikuni Hyūga Tensho (1573-1592)
日州住長尾新五郎平朝臣顯國
nishū ju nagao shingorō taira ason akikuni
AKI136 Akikuni Hyūga Tensho (1573-1592)
日州住顯國
nishū ju akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
顯國
akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住左衛門顯國
chōshū ju saemon akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州住左兵衛尉顯國
chōshū ju sabejō akikuni
AKI137 Akikuni Nagato Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
長州瀬戸崎住人顯國
chōshū setosaki junin akikuni
AKI138 Akikuni Nagato Ōan (1368-1375) ND
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI138 Akikuni Nagato Ōan (1368-1375) ND
長州瀬戸崎住人顯國
chōshū setosaki junin akikuni
AKI139 Akikuni Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
長州瀬戸崎住人顯國
chōshū setosaki junin akikuni
AKI139 Akikuni Nagato Ōei (1394-1428)
長州顯國
chōshū akikuni
AKI140 Akikuni Nagato Chōroku (1457-1460)
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI141 Akikuni Nagato Eiroku (1558-1570)
長州住顯國
chōshū ju akikuni
AKI143 Akimasa Aki Bunan (1444-1449)
藝州南林住人顯正作
geishū minamibayashi junin akimasa saku
AKI144 Akimitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備前國長船顯光作
bizen kuni osafune akimitsu saku
AKI145 Akimitsu Ōmi Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
江州甘露住顯光
gōshū kanrō ju akimitsu
AKI146 Akimitsu Ōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
甘露顯光
kanrō akimitsu
AKI146 Akimitsu Ōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
甘露菅原顯光
kanrō sugawara akimitsu
AKI146 Akimitsu Ōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
江州住顯光
gōshu ju akimitsu
AKI147 Akinaga Nagato Eikyō (1429-1441)
顯長
akinaga
AKI148 Akinaga Nagato Kakitsu (1441-1444)
長州住顯長
chōshū ju akinaga