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ID Name Province Era Mei
DAI59 Daishitsu Yamashiro Kenpō (1213-1219)
山城大宮國盛
yamashiro ōmiya kunimori
DAI6 Daidō Buzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
左衛門尉大道
saemonjō daidō
DAI60 Daisuke Hokkaidō Kanei (1624-1644)
アツケシ土人大助
atsukeshi dojin daisuke
DAI61 Daitomo Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住大知作
nōshū seki ju daitomo saku
DAI63 Daiyasu Bizen Koto (987-1596)
大安
daiyasu
DAI65 Daiyoshi Harima Kyōhō (1716-1736)
播州姫路住大吉
banshū himeji ju daiyoshi
DAI67 Daizen Chikugo Taiei (1521-1528)
石貫大膳
ishinuki daizen
DAI69 Daikane Musashi Shinto (1596-1781)
武蔵國代包
musashi kuni daikane
DAI70 Dainoki Yamashiro Koto (987-1596)
代之鬼
dainoki
DAI8 Daidō Hyūga Kōka (1844-1848)
日向國大道
hyuga kuni daidō
DAI8 Daidō Hyūga Kōka (1844-1848)
日州飫肥住大道
nishū obi ju daidō
DAI9 Daidō Ise Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥守大道
mutsu no kami daidō
DEN2 Dengorō Bungo Tenpō (1830-1844)
豊後臼杵住傅増田五郎
bungo usuki ju masuda dengorō
DEN4 Densuke Suruga Eiroku (1558-1570)
駿州島田住傅助
sunshū shimada ju densuke
DEN6 Denta Chikugo Tensho (1573-1592)
三池住傅田
miike ju denta
DO1 Dotanuki Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥後州同田貫
higo shu dotanuki
DO1 Dotanuki Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫
kyushu higo dotanuki
DO1 Dotanuki Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥後國菊池住同田貫
higo kuni kikuchi ju dotanuki
DO2 Dōen Nyudō Chikugo Ōei (1394-1428)
道圓入道作
dōen nyudō saku
DO3 Dōin Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州千手院 道印
nōshū senjuin dōin
DO4 Dōin Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州千手院道印
nōshū senjuin dōin
DO7 Doso Hōki Tensho (1573-1592)
道祖
doso
ECH1 Echizen Sanuki Shōwa (1312-1317)
讃州住越前
sanshū ju echizen
EIS1 Eisen Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
大法師法橋来榮泉
daihōshi hokkyō tachibana rai eisen
EMU1 Emura Kōchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
江村作
emura saku
ENS2 Enshin Musashi Meiji (1868-1912)
淨雲齋圓眞作
jōunsai enshin saku
ENS2 Enshin Musashi Meiji (1868-1912)
一淨雲齋圓眞造之
ichi jōunsai enshin tsukuru kore
ENS3 Ensō Koto (987-1596)
沙彌圓宗
shaya ensō
FUD2 Fudō Myōō Iwaki Genroku (1688-1704)
相州大山不動明王
sōshū ōyama fudō myōō
FUD2 Fudō Myōō Iwaki Genroku (1688-1704)
奥州中村住吉宗
ōshū nakamura ju yoshimune
FUI1 Fuichi Iga Kanbun (1661-1673)
伴入道風一伊賀國住人
bannyudō fuichi iga kuni junin
FUJ11 Fujikane Mino Shinto (1596-1781)
濃州住藤兼
nōshū ju fujikane
FUJ14 Fujimasa Ise Bunki (1501-1504)
勢州浄藤正作
seishū-tsu fujimasa saku
FUJ14 Fujimasa Ise Bunki (1501-1504)
桑名住藤正
kuwana ju fujimasa
FUJ16 Fujimitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船藤光
bishū osafune fujimitsu
FUJ16 Fujimitsu Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
藤光
fujimitsu
FUJ17 Fujimitsu Bizen Taiei (1521-1528)
備州長船藤光
bishū osafune fujimitsu
FUJ19 Fujimura Yamato Kagen (1303-1306)
和州住藤村
washū ju fujimura
FUJ24 Fujishima Echizen Kanei (1624-1644)
越前豊原住藤島
echizen toyohara ju fujishima
FUJ27 Fujishima Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
加州住藤島
kashū ju fujishima
FUJ32 Fujitsugu Bitchū Jōei (1232-1233)
藤次
fujitsugu
FUJ33 Fujitsugu Bungo Jōan (1171-1175)
紀藤次
ki fujitsugu
FUJ35 Fujiwara Hizen Kanei (1624-1644)
肥前國武蔵大掾藤原
hizen kuni musashi daijō fujiwara
FUJ36 Fujiwara Kaga Taiei (1521-1528)
加州住藤原
kashū ju fujiwara
FUJ37 Fujiwara Yamato Kagen (1303-1306)
和州住藤原
washū ju fujiwara
FUJ38 Fūju Mutsu Tengen (978-983)
風赦
fūju
FUJ5 Fuji Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
肥州住藤
hishū ju fuji
FUJ9 Fujihiro Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
藤弘
fujihiro
FUK2 Fukushige Kōka (1844-1848)
和泉守福重
izumi no kami fukushige
FUM1 Fumijirō Mutsu Kōka (1844-1848)
明珍文次郎
myōchin fumijirō