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ID Name Province Era Mei
JU22 Jumyō Mino Shoō (1288-1293)
濃州大野郡西郡住人壽命
nōshū ōno-gori nishigori junin jumyō
JU31 Jumyō Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
濃州清水住壽命
nōshū shimizu ju jumyō
JU32 Jumyō Owari Kanei (1624-1644)
濃州住壽命
nōshū ju jumyō
JU32 Jumyō Owari Kanei (1624-1644)
若捲壽命
ganmaku jumyō
JU32 Jumyō Owari Kanei (1624-1644)
丹後守藤原壽命
tango no kami fujiwara jumyō
JU41 Jumyō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
美濃守藤原壽命
mino no kami fujiwara jumyō
JU41 Jumyō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州住壽命
nōshū ju jumyō
JU45 Jumyō Owari Tenna (1681-1684)
濃州住彦五郎壽命
nōshū ju hikogorō jumyō
JU45 Jumyō Owari Tenna (1681-1684)
法橋弘安齋壽命
hokyō kōansai jumyō
JUN2 Junkei Bizen Kōan (1278-1288)
順慶
junkei
JUN3 Junkei Satsuma Bunkyū (1861-1864)
谷山義純入道純慶
taniyama yoshizumi nyudō junkei
KA1 Ka Akita Shōwa (1926-1989)
ka
KA1 Ka Akita Shōwa (1926-1989)
果作
ka saku
KA1 Ka Akita Shōwa (1926-1989)
秋田住果作
akita ju ka saku
KA1 Ka Akita Shōwa (1926-1989)
柴田果謹作
shibata ka kin saku
KA2 Kaboku Musashi Shōhō (1644-1648)
越後幕下士大村加卜慰作
echigo bakkashi omura kaboku i saku
KAD1 Kadoda Harima Genryaku (1184-1185)
角田
kadoda
KAD3 Kado Satsuma Eiroku (1558-1570)
薩州住門作
sashū ju kado saku
KAD4 Kadokatsu Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
菊池住門勝
kikuchi ju kadokatsu
KAD5 Kadokatsu Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
菊池住門勝
kikuchi ju kadokatsu
KAD6 Kadokuni Higo Hōtoku (1449-1452)
肥州菊池住門國
hishū kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAD7 Kadokuni Higo Bunmei (1469-1487)
菊池住門國
kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAD8 Kadokuni Higo Eishō (1504-1521)
菊池住門國
kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAD9 Kadokuni Higo Tensho (1573-1592)
菊池住門國
kikuchi ju kadokuni
KAG10 Kagehide Bizen Enkei (1308-1311)
備州長船住景秀
bishū osafune ju kagehide
KAG100 Kagemune Kii Teiji (1362-1368) ND
入鹿景宗
iruka kanemune
KAG101 Kagemune Sanuki Jōkyū (1219-1222)
讃州住尾越景宗
sanshū ogoshi ju kagemune
KAG102 Kagenaga Bizen Bunpō (1317-1319)
備前國長船住景永
bizen kuni osafune ju kagenaga
KAG103 Kagenaga Bitchū Shōwa (1312-1317)
備中國景長
bitchu kuni kanenaga
KAG104 Kagenaga Bitchū Ōei (1394-1428)
景長
kagenaga
KAG104 Kagenaga Bitchū Ōei (1394-1428)
備中國住景長
bitchū kuni ju kagenaga
KAG105 Kagenaga Bitchū Tenmon (1532-1555)
景長
kagenaga
KAG107 Kagenaga Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
景長
kagenaga
KAG108 Kagenaga Bizen Shōhei (1346-1370)
備前國長船住景長
bizen kuni osafune ju kagenaga
KAG109 Kagenaga Bizen Kōan (1361-1362) ND
備州長船景長
bishū osafune kagenaga
KAG110 Kagenaga Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船景長
bishū osafune kagenaga
KAG114 Kagenaga Inaba Shōchū (1324-1326)
因州住景長
inshū ju kagenaga
KAG117 Kagenaga Inaba Kōwa (1381-1384)
景長
kagenaga
KAG118 Kagenaga Inaba Ōei (1394-1428)
因州住景長
inshū ju kagenaga
KAG119 Kagenaga Inaba Eikyō (1429-1441)
因州住景長
inshū ju kagenaga
KAG12 Kagehide Bizen Kentoku (1370-1372)
備州長船景秀
bishū osafune kagehide
KAG120 Kagenaga Inaba Chōroku (1457-1460)
因州景長
inshū kagenaga
KAG121 Kagenaga Meiō (1492-1501)
因州住景長作
inshu ju kagenaga saku
KAG122 Kagenaga Taiei (1521-1528)
因州小幡住景長作
inshū kohata ju kagenaga saku
KAG123 Kagenaga Kanbun (1661-1673)
因州住景長
inshu ju kagenaga
KAG125 Kagenaga Kaga Eiroku (1558-1570)
加州住景長
kashū ju kagenaga
KAG126 Kagenaga Kaga Shinto (1596-1781)
加州住景長
kashū ju kagenaga
KAG13 Kagehide Bizen Bunmei (1469-1487)
備州長船景秀
bishū osafune kagehide
KAG131 Kagenaka Ōei (1394-1428)
因州住景仲
inshu ju kagenaka
KAG135 Kagenori Bizen Bunō (1260-1261)
景則
kagenori