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ID Name Province Era Mei
CHI12 Chikyū Musashi Kanei (1624-1644)
智休
chikyū
CHI122 Chikazane Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備前國長船住近眞
bizen kuni osafune ju chikazane
CHI122 Chikazane Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
近眞
chikazane
CHI126 Chikashige Shinano Bunan (1444-1449)
信州住近重
shinshū ju chikashige
CHI128 Chikasuke Bizen Koto (987-1596)
近助
chikasuke
CHI132 Chikatada Bizen Eishō (1504-1521)
備州長船近忠
bishū osafune chikatada
CHI135 Chikatomo Bizen Ninan (1166-1169)
備前長船住近倫
bizen osafune ju chikatomo
CHI135 Chikatomo Bizen Ninan (1166-1169)
近倫
chikatomo
CHI136 Chikatomo Bizen Bunei (1264-1275)
備前國長船住近倫
bizen kuni osafune ju chikatomo
CHI138 Chikatoshi Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備前國近俊
bizen kuni chikatoshi
CHI139 Chikatsugu Bitchū Kenji (1275-1278)
近次
chikatsugu
CHI14 Chikahiro Wakasa Tenmon (1532-1555)
女廣
chikahiro
CHI140 Chikatsugu Bitchū Enkei (1308-1311)
近次
chikatsugu
CHI141 Chikatsugu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
近次
chikatsugu
CHI144 Chikatsune Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
備州近恒
bishū chikatsune
CHI145 Chikatsune Bizen Kanki (1229-1232)
備前國近恒
bizen kuni chikatsune
CHI147 Chikatsune Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
近恒
chikatsune
CHI148 Chikayasu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備前國近安
bizen kuni chikayasu
CHI149 Chikayasu Satsuma Juei (1182-1184)
備前國近安
bizen kuni chikayasu
CHI15 Yoshiie Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
女家
yoshiie
CHI150 Chikayasu Satsuma Tokuji (1306-1308)
薩州波平近安
sashū naminohira chikayasu
CHI150 Chikayasu Satsuma Tokuji (1306-1308)
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI151 Chikayasu Satsuma Genko (1331-1336)
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI152 Chikayasu Satsuma Ryakuō (1338-1342) ND
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI153 Chikayasu Satsuma Meitoku (1390-1394) ND
波平近安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI154 Chikayasu Satsuma Meiō (1492-1501)
波平近安作
naminohira chikayasu saku
CHI155 Chikayori Bitchū Bunpō (1317-1319)
備中國近依
bitchū kuni chikayori
CHI156 Chikayoshi Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備州長船近吉
bishū osafune chikayoshi
CHI16 Chikamitsu Bizen Chōroku (1457-1460)
備州長船女光
bishū osafune chikamitsu
CHI160 Chikahiro Ōsumi Kansei (1789-1801)
隅州住親弘
gūshū ju chikahiro
CHI162 Chikakuni Hizen Eiroku (1558-1570)
菊池住親國作
kikuchi ju chikakuni saku
CHI163 Chikamasa Bitchū Eiroku (1558-1570)
備中國於松山三村冬廣五郎兵衛尉親正
bitchū kuni oite matsuyama sanmura fuyuhiro gorōbeijō chikamasa
CHI164 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Meiō (1492-1501)
親光
chikamitsu
CHI165 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野國住得次郎親光
shimotsuke kuni ju tokojirō chikamitsu
CHI165 Chikamitsu Shimotsuke Eishō (1504-1521)
下野得次郎住親光
shimotsuke tokojirō ju chikamitsu
CHI167 Chikanobu Bungo Kōka (1844-1848)
藍澤親信
aizawa chikanobu
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
筑後柳川住下坂親信
chikugo yanagawa ju shimosaka chikanobu
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
藤原下坂親信
fujiwara shimosaka chikanobu
CHI168 Chikanobu Chikugo Kyōhō (1716-1736)
九州筑後柳川住下坂五代目親信作
kyushū chikugo yanagawa ju shimosaka godaime chikanobu saku
CHI169 Chikanori Bitchū Kōchō (1261-1264)
親則
chikanori
CHI17 Chikayuki Bungo Kanbun (1661-1673)
豊後藤原及行
bungo fujiwara chikayuki
CHI171 Chikanori Bitchū Shōchū (1324-1326)
親則
chikanori
CHI173 Chikao Inaba Shinto (1596-1781)
因幡少目廣田氏親雄
inaba shomoku hirota uji chikao
CHI174 Chikatada Bizen Koto (987-1596)
備州長船親忠
bishū osafune chikatada
CHI176 Chikatoshi Bingo Kōka (1844-1848)
村上源親俊
murakami minamoto chikatoshi
CHI176 Chikatoshi Bingo Kōka (1844-1848)
於備後三原親俊造之
oite bingo mihara chikatoshi tsukuru kore
CHI177 Chikatoshi Higo Meiji (1868-1912)
親俊
chikatoshi
CHI177 Chikatoshi Higo Meiji (1868-1912)
於肥後親俊
oite higo chikatoshi
CHI178 Chikatsugu Bingo Enkei (1308-1311)
備州住親次
bishū ju chikatsugu
CHI179 Chikatsugu Bingo Bunna (1352-1356) ND
備後三原住親次
bingo mihara ju chikatsugu