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ID Name Province Era Mei
ARI73 Arimasa Bizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
伯耆守有正
hoki no kami arimasa
ARI75 Arimasa Hōki Heiji (1159-1160)
有正
arimasa
ARI77 Arimasa Hōki Teiji (1362-1368) ND
伯州有正
hakushū arimasa
ARI8 Arihira Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
越後守藤原有平
echigo no kami fujiwara arihira
ARI8 Arihira Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州住藤原有平
kashū ju fujiwara arihira
ARI8 Arihira Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州金澤住越後守藤原有平
kashū kanazawa ju echigo no kami fujiwara arihira
ARI80 Arimasa Ōmi Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
江州住有正
gōshū ju arimasa
ARI81 Arimasa Ōmi Bunan (1444-1449)
近江國蒲生住有正
omi kuni gamo ju arimasa
ARI83 Arimasa Tamba Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
有正
arimasa
ARI84 Arimasa Tamba Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
有正
arimasa
ARI87 Arimasa Tōtōmi Shōchō (1428-1429)
遠江住有正
totomi ju arimasa
ARI9 Arihira Kawachi Shinto (1596-1781)
越後守藤原有平
echigo no kami fujiwara arihira
ARI90 Arimitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船有光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ARI90 Arimitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船五郎左衛門尉有光
bishū osafune gorōsaemonjō arimitsu
ARI92 Arimitsu Bizen Kakitsu (1441-1444)
備州長船有光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ARI94 Arimitsu Bizen Ōnin (1467-1469)
備州長船有光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ARI95 Arimitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船有光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ARI96 Arimitsu Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船在光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ARI97 Arimitsu Bizen Tenmon (1532-1555)
備州長船有光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ARI98 Arimitsu Bizen Genki (1570-1573)
備州長船有光
bishū osafune arimitsu
ASA1 Asahimaro Settsu Tenna (1681-1684)
朝日麿
asahimaro
ASA2 Asahichi Iwaki Kansei (1789-1801)
朝七
asahichi
ASA2 Asahichi Iwaki Kansei (1789-1801)
正繁
masashige
ASA4 Asago Mutsu Manji (1658-1661)
奥州白河庄朝郷
ōshū shirakawashō asago
ASA5 Asakuni Bingo Keiō (1865-1868)
備後幅山住中平暁邦作
bingo fukuyama ju nakahira asakuni saku
ATS1 Atsufusa Chikuzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
筑前金崎住敦房
chikuzen kanesaki ju atsufusa
ATS1 Atsufusa Chikuzen Tenmon (1532-1555)
筑州金崎住敦房
chikushū kanesaki ju atsufusa
ATS2 Atsukura Satsuma Eiroku (1558-1570)
薩州波平藤原篤倉
sasshū naminohira fujiwara atsukura
AZA1 Azamaru Kaga Kanei (1624-1644)
加州住アザ丸
kashū ju azamaru
BAI1 Bairo Musashi Genji (1864-1865)
萬繩幕臣大森逹太郎源梅蘆
mantsuna bakushin ōmori tatsutarō minamoto bairo
BAI2 Baitō Kaga Koto (987-1596)
梅藤
baitō
BEN1 Bensuke Hizen Kōka (1844-1848)
長崎住辨助
nagasaki ju bensuke
BOJ1 Boju Iwami Bunmei (1469-1487)
石州長濱住帽重
sekishū nagahama ju boju
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
坂東太郎鎮西入道卜傅
bandōtarō chinzei nyudō bokuden
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
鎮正入道卜傅
chinzei nyudō bokuden
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
濃州関善良家越前守吉門
nōshū seki genryōke echizen no kami yoshikado
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
関善定兼吉家
seki genjo kaneyoshi ke
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
武蔵守吉門
musashi no kami yoshikado
BOK1 Bokuden Hitachi Enpō (1673-1681)
常州水戸住東太郎
jōshū mito ju bandotarō
BOK3 Bokusen Owari Kanbun (1661-1673)
行高入道卜扇
yukitaka nyudō bokusen
BUS1 Bushin Dewa Koto (987-1596)
羽州佛心
ushū bushin
BUS4 Bushin Yamato Shōchū (1324-1326)
佛心
bushin
BUT1 Butsusho Echizen Ōei (1394-1428)
越州敦賀住佛性盛重佛性
esshū tsuruga ju butsusho morishige butsusho
CHI103 Chikanori Rikuchu Kyūan (1145-1151)
日明法師
nichimyō hōshi
CHI108 Chikanori Uzen Eishō (1504-1521)
羽州住人月山近則
ushū junin gassan chikanori
CHI11 Chiyozuru Sagami Bunsei (1818-1830)
相州小田原住千代鶴
sōshū kodawara ju chiyozuru
CHI114 Chikanori Hōki Teiji (1362-1368) ND
伯州住近範
hakushū ju chikanori
CHI116 Chikasada Bizen Bunji (1185-1190)
備州長船近貞
bishū osafune chikasada
CHI118 Chikasada Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船近貞
bishū osafune chikasada
CHI12 Chikyū Musashi Kanei (1624-1644)
知休
chikyū