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ID Name Province Era Mei
HID104 Hidemune Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住秀宗作
seki ju hidemune saku
HID107 Hidemune Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越和田三郎源秀宗
koshiwada saburō minamoto hidemune
HID109 Hidemune Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越和田三郎源入道秀宗
koshiwada saburō minamoto nyudō hidemune
HID11 Hidechika Kii Jokyō (1684-1688)
紀州住秀近
kishū ju hidechika
HID112 Hidenaga Kōzuke Kansei (1789-1801)
上州浅見住一心子秀命
jōshū asami ju isshinshi hidenaga
HID12 Hidechika Tosa Meiji (1868-1912)
土州住秀近
toshū ju hidechika
HID132 Hidenori Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備前國長船秀則
bizen kuni osafune hidenori
HID132 Hidenori Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船秀則
bishū osafune hidenori
HID139 Hideoki Satsuma Enpō (1673-1681)
奥和泉掾藤原秀興
oku izumi no jō fujiwara hideoki
HID139 Hideoki Satsuma Enpō (1673-1681)
和泉守秀興
izumi no kami hideoki
HID139 Hideoki Satsuma Enpō (1673-1681)
薩州住秀興
sashū ju hideoki
HID14 Hideharu Tosa Kōka (1844-1848)
土州瑞雲子秀治
toshū zuiunshi hideharu
HID146 Hidesada Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船秀貞
bishū osafune hidesada
HID15 Hideharu Hōki Keiō (1865-1868)
伯州住秀春作
hakushū ju hideharu saku
HID173 Hidesuke Bizen Shitoku (1384-1387) ND
備州長船住秀助
bishū osafune ju hidesuke
HID177 Hidetada Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
関秀忠作之
seki hidetada saku kore
HID180 Hidetaka Tosa Meiji (1868-1912)
土州住秀隆
toshū ju hidetaka
HID181 Hidetake Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
羽州山形住人秀武
ushū yamagata junin hidetake
HID183 Hidetō Aki Keiō (1865-1868)
藝州臣松尾助之丞源秀任
geishū shin matsuo sukenojō minamoto hidetō
HID183 Hidetō Aki Keiō (1865-1868)
藝州士松尾秀任
geishū shimatsuo hidetō
HID184 Hidetoki Musashi Kanei (1624-1644)
関住山城守藤原秀辰
seki ju yamashiro no kami fujiwara hidetoki
HID184 Hidetoki Musashi Kanei (1624-1644)
山城守藤原秀辰
yamashiro no kami fujiwara hidetoki
HID185 Hidetoki Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
常陸守秀辰
hitachi no kami hidetoki
HID186 Hidetoki Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
常陸守秀辰
hitachi no kami hidetoki
HID186 Hidetoki Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
山城守藤原秀辰
yamashiro no kami fujiwara hidetoki
HID187 Hidetoki Musashi Kyōhō (1716-1736)
藤原秀辰
fujiwara hidetoki
HID190 Hidetoshi Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國秀利
bitchū kuni hidetoshi
HID195 Hidetoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住人井戸秀俊鍛之
nōshū junin ido hidetoshi kitau kore
HID195 Hidetoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住井戸秀俊作之
nōshū ju ido hidetoshi saku kore
HID195 Hidetoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
特殊鋼以井戸秀俊作
tokushu-kō motte ido hidetoshi saku
HID200 Hidetoshi Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
天龍子秀壽作之
tenryushi hidetoshi saku kore
HID208 Hidetsugu Bitchū Bunō (1260-1261)
秀次
hidetsugu
HID209 Hidetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中萬壽庄住左衛門尉秀次作
bitchū manjushō ju saemonjō hidetsugu saku
HID209 Hidetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國住次郎左衛門尉秀次
bitchū kuni ju jirōsaemonjō hidetsugu
HID209 Hidetsugu Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國住左衛門尉秀次作
bitchū kuni ju saemonjō hidetsugu saku
HID221 Hidetsugu Ugo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
天野河内助藤原秀次
amano kawachi no suke fujiwara hidetsugu
HID221 Hidetsugu Ugo Bunkyū (1861-1864)
天野河内助藤原高眞
amano kawachi no suke fujiwara takazane
HID222 Hidetsugu Yamashiro Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
来秀次
rai hidetsugu
HID236 Hideyasu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
秀安
hideyasu
HID24 Hidehiro Chikugo Tengi (1053-1058)
筑後國住武藤秀弘
chikugo kuni ju muto hidehiro
HID243 Hideyo Musashi Bunsei (1818-1830)
水心子秀世入道
suishinshi hideyo nyudō
HID26 Hidehiro Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
筑後守武藤秀弘
chikugo no kami mutō hidehiro
HID261 Hideyuki Bingo Taiei (1521-1528)
尾道住五阿彌秀行
onomichi ju goami hideyuki
HID261 Hideyuki Bingo Taiei (1521-1528)
備後國尾道住五阿彌秀行
bingo kuni onomichi ju goami hideyuki
HID272 Hideyuki Bizen Hōtoku (1449-1452)
備州長船秀幸
bishū osafune hideyuki
HID280 Hidehiro Dewa Manen (1860-1861)
出羽住末山太郎英廣作
dewa ju matsuyama tarō hidehiro saku
HID286 Hidekazu Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
川越之臣英一
kawagoe no shin hidekazu
HID286 Hidekazu Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
武州川越玉麟子英一
bushū kawagoe gyokurinshi hidekazu
HID286 Hidekazu Musashi Tenpō (1830-1844)
武陽川越臣英一於前橋作之
buyō kawagoe-shin hidekazu oite maebashi saku kore
HID288 Hidekuni Dewa Meiwa (1764-1772)
於山形藤原英國作之
oite yamagata fujiwara hidekuni saku kore