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ID Name Province Era Mei
HO18 Hōei Iwami Kanei (1624-1644)
石州住藤原寳榮
sekishū ju fujiwara hōei
HO26 Hōju Rikuchu Genryaku (1184-1185)
平泉住寳壽
hiraizumi ju hōju
HO26 Hōju Rikuchu Genryaku (1184-1185)
寳壽
hōju
HO42 Hōju Uzen Bunka (1804-1818)
米澤住加藤寳壽
yonezawa ju katō hōju
HO50 Hōzan Mino Bunkyū (1861-1864)
中津川寳山造之
nakatsugawa hōzan tsukuru kore
HYO2 Hyōbu Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
九州肥後同田貫兵部
kyushū higo dotanuki hyōbu
ICH11 Ichi Bizen Kōchō (1261-1264)
(菊紋) 一
(kiku) ichi
ICH12 Ichi Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
ichi
ICH12 Ichi Bizen Shoō (1288-1293)
一正応五年
ichi shōō 5 nen
ICH13 Ichi Bizen Shōchū (1324-1326)
ichi
ICH15 Ichi Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
ichi
ICH17 Ichi Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
ichi
ICH18 Ichi Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
ichi
ICH19 Ichi Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
ichi
ICH33 Ichijō Bingo Kanō (1350-1352) ND
備後國住一乗
bingo kuni ju ichijō
ICH33 Ichijō Bingo Kanō (1350-1352) ND
法華一乗
hokke ichijō
ICH33 Ichijō Bingo Kanō (1350-1352) ND
一乗作
ichijō saku
ICH33 Ichijō Bingo Kanō (1350-1352) ND
一乗
ichijō
ICH33 Ichijō Bingo Kanō (1350-1352) ND
備後國住一乗作
bingo kuni ju ichijō saku
ICH34 Ichijō Bingo Ōei (1394-1428)
南無妙法蓮華經一乗
namumyō hōren gekyō ichijō
ICH35 Ichijō Bingo Bunan (1444-1449)
備後國一乗
bingo kuni ichijō
ICH35 Ichijō Bingo Bunan (1444-1449)
法華一乗
hokke ichijō
ICH5 Ichi Bitchū Teiō (1222-1224)
ichi
ICH51 Ichinao Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
羽州庄内舜齋一直
ushū shōnai shunsai ichinao
ICH51 Ichinao Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
柳齋一直
ryūsai ichinao
ICH51 Ichinao Dewa Genji (1864-1865)
出羽國庄内住人佐藤一直作之
dewa kuni shōnai junin satō ichinao saku kore
ICH6 Ichi Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
ichi
ICH7 Ichi Bizen Teiō (1222-1224)
ichi
ICH8 Ichi Bizen Kangen (1243-1247)
ichi
ICH89 Ichita Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國住源市太
hizen kuni ju minamoto ichita
ICH89 Ichita Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
源市太
minamoto ichita
ICH9 Ichi Bizen Kencho (1249-1256)
ichi
IN1 In Kōzuke Kyōwa (1801-1804)
高崎御民渡辺因
takasaki gyomin watanabe in
IPP2 Ippō Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
對馬守橘一法
tsushima no kami tachibana ippō
IPP2 Ippō Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
對馬入道橘一法
tsushima nyudō tachibana ippō
IPP3 Ippō Ōmi Kanei (1624-1644)
對馬守橘一法
tsushima no kami tachibana ippō
IPP4 Ippō Ōmi Kanei (1624-1644)
日置山城守源一法
heki yamashiro no kami minamoto ippō
IPP5 Ippō Ōmi Keian (1648-1652)
一峯
ippō
IPP6 Ippō Ōmi Genroku (1688-1704)
江州住人佐々木善四郎源一峯
gōshū junin sasaki zenshirō minamoto ippō
IPP6 Ippō Ōmi Genroku (1688-1704)
江州住人佐々木入道源一峯
gōshū junin sasaki nyudō minamoto ippō
ISH1 Isshin Shōwa (1926-1989)
興亜一心
koa isshin
ISS5 Isshū Uzen Bunka (1804-1818)
羽州庄内住一秀
ushū shōnai ju isshū
ISS5 Isshū Uzen Bunka (1804-1818)
池田一秀入道龍軒
ikeda isshū nyudō ryūken
IYE110 Iemasa Kaga Ōei (1394-1428)
加州住藤原家政
kashū ju fujiwara iemasa
IYE111 Iemasa Kaga Kanshō (1460-1466)
加州住藤原家政
kashū ju fujiwara iemasa
IYE120 Iemitsu Bizen Shōwa (1312-1317)
備州長船住家光
bishū osafune ju iemitsu
IYE121 Iemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船家光
bishū osafune iemitsu
IYE123 Iemitsu Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船家光
bishū osafune iemitsu
IYE125 Iemitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船家光
bishū osafune iemitsu
IYE135 Iemori Bizen Enbun (1356-1361) ND
備州長船家守
bishū osafune iemori