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ID Name Province Era Mei
HIR163 Hiroyuki Bizen Shōwa (1312-1317)
備州長船弘行
bishū osafune hiroyuki
HIR165 Hiroyuki Chikuzen Shōhei (1346-1370)
筑州住弘行
chikushū ju hiroyuki
HIR168 Hiroyuki Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
平安城藤原弘幸
heianjō fujiwara hiroyuki
HIR168 Hiroyuki Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
堀川住弘幸
horikawa ju hiroyuki
HIR168 Hiroyuki Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
丹後守藤原弘幸
tango no kami fujiwara hiroyuki
HIR168 Hiroyuki Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
平安城堀川住弘幸
heianjō horikawa ju hiroyuki
HIR168 Hiroyuki Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
山城國堀川住清水丹後守藤原弘幸
yamashiro kuni horikawa shimizu tango no kami fujiwara hiroyuki
HIR169 Hirotaka Echizen Meireki (1655-1658)
伯耆大掾汎隆
hoki daijō hirotaka
HIR169 Hirotaka Echizen Meireki (1655-1658)
伯耆守藤原汎隆
hoki no kami fujiwara hirotaka
HIR169 Hirotaka Echizen Meireki (1655-1658)
越前住伯耆守下原汎隆
echizen ju hoki no kami shimohara hirotaka
HIR18 Hirochika Musashi Anei (1772-1781)
常陽水府住穂積弘近作之
jōyo suifu ju hoizumi hirochika saku kore
HIR18 Hirochika Musashi Anei (1772-1781)
武州住弘近
bushū ju hirochika
HIR184 Hirochika Ise Tenmon (1532-1555)
勢州桑名住寛近
seishū kuwana ju hirochika
HIR185 Hirochika Ise Shinto (1596-1781)
勢州桑名住藤原寛近
seishū kuwana ju fujiwara hirochika
HIR192 Hiromori Satsuma Tenpō (1830-1844)
薩州平寛盛
sashū taira hiromori
HIR192 Hiromori Satsuma Tenpō (1830-1844)
平寛盛
taira hiromori
HIR193 Hiromura Ise Tenmon (1532-1555)
勢州桑名住藤原寛村
seishū kuwana ju fujiwara hiromura
HIR194 Hiromura Ise Shinto (1596-1781)
大和守寛村作
yamato no kami hiromura saku
HIR198 Hiroshige Mikawa Keiō (1865-1868)
三河國刈谷藩鍛冶寛重作
mikawa kuni kariya han kaji hiroshige saku
HIR203 Hiroyasu Hyūga Eiroku (1558-1570)
波平寛安
naminohira hiroyasu
HIR203 Hiroyasu Hyūga Eiroku (1558-1570)
日州住月山寛安作
nishū ju gassan hiroyasu saku
HIR209 Hiroaki Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
廣明
hiroaki
HIR211 Hirochika Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州中村住人大和大掾源廣近
ōshū nakamura junin yamato daijō minamoto hirochika
HIR211 Hirochika Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州宇多郡中村住人大和守廣近
ōshū uda-gori nakamura junin yamato no kami hirochika
HIR211 Hirochika Mutsu Enpō (1673-1681)
奥州中村住人大和守廣近
ōshū nakamura junin yamato no kami hirochika
HIR212 Hirochika Mutsu Hōei (1704-1711)
大和守廣近
yamato no kami hirochika
HIR213 Hirochika Mutsu Anei (1772-1781)
奥州中村住源廣近
ōshū nakamura ju minamoto hirochika
HIR215 Hirofusa Ise Kaei (1848-1854)
勢州桑名住義明齋廣房作
seishū kuwana ju gimeisai hirofusa saku
HIR215 Hirofusa Ise Kaei (1848-1854)
義明齋三品半兵衛廣房
gimeisai mishina hambe hirofusa
HIR216 Hirofusa Mikawa Tensho (1573-1592)
三州吉田住廣房
sanshū yoshida ju hirofusa
HIR22 Hiroie Bitchū Kareki (1326-1329)
弘家
hiroie
HIR225 Hiroie Kai Tenmon (1532-1555)
甲州身延山住廣舍
kōshū minobusan ju hiroie
HIR231 Hiroie Kai Tenmon (1532-1555)
甲州住廣家
kōshū ju hiroie
HIR235 Hiroie Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
相州住廣家
sōshū ju hiroie
HIR265 Hiromasa Chikugo Kanbun (1661-1673)
筑後三池住廣正
chikugo miike ju hiromasa
HIR269 Hiromasa Sagami Enbun (1356-1361) ND
相州住廣正
sōshū ju hiromasa
HIR270 Hiromasa Sagami Eiwa (1375-1379) ND
相州住廣正
sōshū ju hiromasa
HIR270 Hiromasa Sagami Eiwa (1375-1379) ND
相模國住廣正
sagami kuni ju hiromasa
HIR271 Hiromasa Sagami Bunan (1444-1449)
相州住廣正
sōshū ju hiromasa
HIR272 Hiromasa Sagami Bunshō (1466-1467)
相州住廣正
sōshū ju hiromasa
HIR273 Hiromasa Sagami Bunmei (1469-1487)
相州住廣正
sōshū ju hiromasa
HIR277 Hiromasa Settsu Tenna (1681-1684)
若狭守源廣政
wakasa no kami minamoto hiromasa
HIR277 Hiromasa Settsu Tenna (1681-1684)
源廣政
minamoto hiromasa
HIR28 Hirokane Settsu Genna (1615-1624)
信濃守藤原弘包作
shinano no kami fujiwara hirokane saku
HIR29 Hirokane Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
信濃守藤原弘包作
shinano no kami fujiwara hirokane saku
HIR293 Hiromitsu Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
石堂藤原廣光
ishidō fujiwara hiromitsu
HIR294 Hiromitsu Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
一ヶ谷佐内住松林近介廣光
ichigaya sanai ju matsubayashi chikasuke hiromitsu
HIR294 Hiromitsu Musashi Bunkyū (1861-1864)
市ヶ谷佐門住松林近江介廣光
ichigaya samon ju matsubayashi omi no suke hiromitsu
HIR296 Hiromitsu Sagami Bunna (1352-1356) ND
相模國住人廣光
sagami kuni junin hiromitsu
HIR299 Hiromitsu Sagami Eishō (1504-1521)
相州住廣光作
sōshū ju hiromitsu saku