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ID Name Province Era Mei
HID294 Hidemitsu Kōzuke Kōka (1844-1848)
上毛館林住山口英光
kamitsuke tatebayashi ju yamaguchi hidemitsu
HID304 Hidesada Kōzuke Ansei (1854-1860)
上毛住玉傳子英貞
kamitsuke ju gyokuden-shi hidesada
HID309 Hidetoshi Mino Hōei (1704-1711)
河内守藤原英俊
kawachi no kami fujiwara hidetoshi
HID312 Hidetoshi Fukuoka Shōwa (1926-1989)
筑後國久留米住遠藤英俊
chikugo kuni kurume ju endō hidetoshi
HID320 Hidetsugu Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
河内守藤原英次
kawachi no kami fujiwara hidetsugu
HID322 Hidetsugu Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
河内守藤原英次
kawachi no kami fujiwara hidetsugu
HID329 Teruyoshi Tosa Kansei (1789-1801)
土州住英吉
toshū ju hideyoshi
HID329 Teruyoshi Tosa Kansei (1789-1801)
土州高矢住英吉
toshū takaya ju hideyoshi
HID332 Hideyoshi Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
武蔵國川越臣藤枝太朗英義
musashi kuni kawagoe-shin fujiedatarō hideyoshi
HID332 Hideyoshi Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
於東武藤枝太朗英義
oite tōbu fujiedatarō hideyoshi
HID332 Hideyoshi Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
藤枝太朗英義作之
fujiedatarō hideyoshi saku kore
HID332 Hideyoshi Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
於東都英義
oite toto hideyoshi
HID36 Hidekage Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備州長船住秀景
bishū osafune ju hidekage
HID36 Hidekage Bizen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
備前國長船住秀景造
bizen kuni osafune ju hidekage tsukuru
HID38 Hidekage Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船秀景
bishū osafune hidekage
HID40 Hidekage Bizen Hōtoku (1449-1452)
備州長船平秀景
bishū osafune taira hidekage
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州盛岡住人萬藏秀一以餅鐵之
oshū morioka junin manzō hidekazu motte mochitetsu zo kore
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
盛岡住宮川源秀一
morioka ju miyagawa minamoto hidekazu
HID52 Hidekazu Mutsu Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州盛岡住秀一
oshū morioka ju hidekazu
HID6 Hideaki Hokkaidō Taishō (1912-1926)
源秀昭作
minamoto hideaki saku
HID60 Hidekuni Iwashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
角秀國
kaku hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
大和守角秀國
yamato no kami sumi hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
大和守源朝臣秀國
yamato no kami minamoto ason hidekuni
HID61 Hidekuni Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
元興入道源秀國
motooki nyudō minamoto hidekuni
HID66 Hidemasa Tosa Genji (1864-1865)
土州住秀方
toshū ju hidemasa
HID79 Hidemitsu Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID8 Hidechika Bizen Genryaku (1184-1185)
秀近
hidechika
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船住左衛門尉秀光
bishū osafune ju saemonjō hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船住秀光
bishū osafune ju hidemitsu
HID80 Hidemitsu Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船右衛門尉秀光
bishū osafune uemonjō hidemitsu
HID81 Hidemitsu Bizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID81 Hidemitsu Bizen Kakei (1387-1389) ND
備州長船左衛門尉秀光
bishū osafune saemonjō hidemitsu
HID82 Hidemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船秀光
bishū osafune hidemitsu
HID89 Hidemitsu Okayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
神明入道秀光
shinmei nyudō hidemitsu
HID9 Hidechika Bizen Kanō (1350-1352) ND
備州長船住秀近
bishū osafune ju hidechika
HID90 Hidemitsu Tosa Keiō (1865-1868)
土州鬼龍山六代秀光作
toshū kiryūsan rokudai hidemitsu saku
HIG1 Higetsugu Sanuki Kanbun (1661-1673)
讃州住髭繼作
sanshū ju higetsugu saku
HIK9 Hikosaburō Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
大日本栗原彦三郎造之
dai nihon kurihara hikosaburō tsukuru saku
HIR107 Hirotoshi Chikuzen Ōei (1394-1428)
筑州住弘利
chikushū ju hirotoshi
HIR112 Hirotsugu Bitchū Genryaku (1184-1185)
弘次
hirotsugu
HIR120 Hirotsugu Iwami Ōei (1394-1428)
石州住弘次
sekishū ju hirotsugu
HIR134 Hirotsune Bitchū Teiō (1222-1224)
弘恒
hirotsune
HIR136 Hirotsune Bitchū Teiji (1362-1368) ND
弘恒
hirotsune
HIR136 Hirotsune Bitchū Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備中國弘恒
bitchū kuni hirotsune
HIR150 Hiroyasu Chikuzen Engen (1336-1340)
筑州住弘安作
chikushū ju hiroyasu saku
HIR150 Hiroyasu Chikuzen Engen (1336-1340)
弘安
hiroyasu
HIR150 Hiroyasu Chikuzen Engen (1336-1340)
弘安作
hiroyasu saku
HIR158 Hiroyoshi Chikuzen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
筑州住弘吉
chikushū ju hiroyoshi
HIR158 Hiroyoshi Chikuzen Teiwa (1345-1350) ND
弘吉作
hiroyoshi saku