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ID Name Province Era Mei
CHI18 Chikayasu Dewa Koto (987-1596)
出羽國至康
dewa kuni chikayasu
CHI181 Chikatsugu Bingo Eishō (1504-1521)
備後住親次
bingo ju chikatsugu
CHI182 Chikatsugu Bizen Tokuji (1306-1308)
備州住親次
bishū ju chikatsugu
CHI183 Chikatsugu Bitchū Kōan (1278-1288)
親次
chikatsugu
CHI184 Chikatsugu Bizen Kengen (1302-1303)
親次
chikatsugu
CHI184 Chikatsugu Bizen Kengen (1302-1303)
備前國新田庄住親次
bizen kuni nittashō ju chikatsugu
CHI185 Chikatsugu Bitchū Kagen (1303-1306)
備中國青江住藤兵衛親次
bitchū kuni aoe ju tōbei chikatsugu
CHI186 Chikatsugu Bitchū Genko (1331-1336)
備中國住人親次
bitchū kuni junin chikatsugu
CHI188 Chikatsugu Bizen Tokuji (1306-1308)
備前國新田郷庄住親次
bizen kuni nitta gōshō ju chikatsugu
CHI188 Chikatsugu Bizen Tokuji (1306-1308)
備前國長船左兵尉藤原親次
bizen kuni osafune sabejō fujiwara chikatsugu
CHI19 Chikahiro Musashi Jōō (1652-1655)
武州下原住藤原周廣
bushū shimohara ju fujiwara chikahiro
CHI190 Chikayasu Satsuma Kentoku (1370-1372)
薩州波平親安作
sashu naminohira chikayasu saku
CHI190 Chikayasu Satsuma Kentoku (1370-1372)
波平親安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI191 Chikayasu Satsuma Entoku (1489-1492)
波平親安
naminohira chikayasu
CHI192 Chikayori Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
親依
chikayori
CHI193 Chikayori Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
親依
chikayori
CHI194 Chikayori Bizen Shōwa (1312-1317)
備前國新田庄住親依造
bizen kuni nitta no shō ju chikayori tsukuru
CHI195 Chikayori Bitchū Kōan (1361-1362) ND
親依
chikayori
CHI199 Chikayoshi Bizen Tokuji (1306-1308)
備前新田庄住親善
bizen nittasho ju chikayoshi
CHI2 Chigusamaru Harima Kanbun (1661-1673)
播州住鈴木右五郎宗榮
banshū ju suzuki ugorō muneyoshi
CHI20 Chikahiro Sagami Meiō (1492-1501)
相州住周廣
sōshū ju chikahiro
CHI200 Chikayoshi Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
水心子門人藤原親善作之
suishinshi monjin fujiwara chikayoshi saku kore
CHI201 Chikayoshi Musashi Bunka (1804-1818)
親善
chikayoshi
CHI21 Chikamitsu Bizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
備州長船住周光
bishū osafune ju chikamitsu
CHI22 Chikamitsu Bizen Genchu (1384-1394)
備州長船周光
bishū osafune chikamitsu
CHI24 Chikashige Musashi Eishō (1504-1521)
但馬守周重
tajima no kami chikashige
CHI25 Chikashige Musashi Eiroku (1558-1570)
武州下原住周重
bushū shimohara ju chikashige
CHI26 Chikashige Musashi Genki (1570-1573)
武州下原住山本内匠周重
bushū shimohara ju yamamoto takumi chikashige
CHI27 Chikashige Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
武州下原住山本外記周重
bushū shimohara ju yamamoto geki chikashige
CHI28 Chikashige Musashi Shinto (1596-1781)
武州下原住藤原周重
bushū shimohara ju fujiwara chikashige
CHI29 Chikayoshi Satsuma Kentoku (1370-1372)
波平周吉
naminohira chikayoshi
CHI33 Chikafusa Bizen Genkyū (1204-1206)
近房
chikafusa
CHI34 Chikafusa Bizen Jōkyū (1219-1222)
近房
chikafusa
CHI35 Chikafusa Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
近房
chikafusa
CHI36 Chikafusa Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
近房作
chikafusa saku
CHI37 Chikafusa Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備州長船近房
bishū osafune chikafusa
CHI38 Chikafusa Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船近房
bishū osafune chikafusa
CHI39 Chikafusa Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船近房
bishū osafune chikafusa
CHI39 Chikafusa Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備前國長船住近房
bizen kuni osafune ju chikafusa
CHI4 Chiyohiro Kaga Genroku (1688-1704)
加州住千代廣
kashu ju chiyohiro
CHI40 Chikafusa Chikuzen Ōei (1394-1428)
筑州住近房作
chikushū ju chikafusa saku
CHI41 Chikafusa Hizen Ōan (1368-1375) ND
肥前國住近房作
hizen kuni ju chikafusa saku
CHI42 Chikafusa Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥前國住近房
hizen kuni ju chikafusa
CHI42 Chikafusa Hizen Ōei (1394-1428)
肥前國近房作
hizen kuni chikafusa saku
CHI43 Chikafusa Tosa Kōan (1278-1288)
近房
chikafusa
CHI44 Chikahide Bizen Koto (987-1596)
近秀
chikahide
CHI45 Chikahiro Tenmon (1532-1555)
近廣
chikahiro
CHI46 Chikakage Bizen Kanji (1087-1094)
備州長船住近景造
bishū osafune ju chikakage tsukuru
CHI46 Chikakage Bizen Kanji (1087-1094)
備前國長船住士三郎左衛門尉近景
bizen kuni osafune ju saburosaemonjō chikakage
CHI49 Chikakage Bizen Shōchū (1324-1326)
備前國長船住近景
bizen kuni osafune ju chikakage