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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN1704 Kanenaka Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州関住兼仲
nōshū seki ju kanenaka
KAN1705 Kanenaka Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州関住兼仲
nōshū seki ju kanenaka
KAN1706 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越前國住武蔵守藤原兼仲
echizen kuni ju musashi no kami fujiwara kanenaka
KAN1706 Kanenaka Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
武蔵守藤原兼仲
musashi no kami fujiwara kanenaka
KAN1707 Kanenaka Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼莫平吉
kanenaka heiki
KAN1708 Kanenaka Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼莫市兵衛
kanenaka ichibe
KAN1709 Kanenaka Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼莫金六郎
kanenaka kinrokurō
KAN1710 Kanenaka Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼莫九兵衛
kanenaka kube
KAN1711 Kanenaka Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼莫七兵衛
kanenaka shichibe
KAN172 Kanemoto Yamato Kanbun (1661-1673)
和州南都住藤原包元
washū nanto ju fujiwara kanemoto
KAN1723 Kanenao Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州関住兼直作
nōshū seki ju kanenao saku
KAN1726 Kanenao Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住兼直作
nōshū seki ju kanenao saku
KAN1729 Kanenao Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
兼元五代目兼直作
kanemoto godaime kanenao saku
KAN173 Kanemune Tosa Genroku (1688-1704)
上野守菅原包宗
kozuke no kami sugawara kanemune
KAN1730 Kanenao Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
濃州関住兼直作
nōshū seki ju kanenao saku
KAN1731 Kanenao Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
兼元五代目兼直作
kanemoto godaime kanenao saku
KAN1736 Kanenari Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
濃州住兼入
nōshū ju kanenari
KAN1738 Kanenari Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
濃州関住兼生
nōshū seki ju kanenari
KAN1739 Kanenari Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
飛禪守兼生
hida no kami kanenari
KAN174 Kanemune Tosa Kōka (1844-1848)
上野守菅原包宗
kozuke no kami sugawara kanemune
KAN1740 Kanenari Mino Kanshō (1460-1466)
濃州関住兼作
nōshū seki ju kanenari
KAN1741 Kanenari Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
四郎兵衛兼作
shirōbei kanenari
KAN1741 Kanenari Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
濃州四郎兵衛兼作
nōshū shirōbei kanenari
KAN1743 Kanenari Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住兼成作
nōshū seki ju kanenari saku
KAN1745 Kanenari Mino Meireki (1655-1658)
濃州関住兼成作
nōshū seki ju kanenari saku
KAN1746 Kanenari Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州関住兼成作
nōshū seki ju kanenari saku
KAN1747 Kanenari Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
兼成源治郎
kanenari genjirō
KAN1749 Kanenari Bunsei (1818-1830)
兼成
kanenari
KAN175 Kanemune Yamashiro Bunka (1804-1818)
山城笠置住包宗
yamashiro kasagi ju kanemune
KAN1751 Kanenari Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住兼成作
seki ju kanenari saku
KAN1752 Kanenari Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
兼成
kanenari
KAN1753 Kanenari Bungo Kanbun (1661-1673)
豊後國高田住兼造
bungo kuni takata ju kanenari
KAN1755 Kanenari Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
兼得
kanenari
KAN1757 Kanenari Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
兼得
kanenari
KAN1757 Kanenari Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
濃州關住兼得作
noshu seki ju kanenari saku
KAN176 Kanemune Yamashiro Kōka (1844-1848)
山城笠置住包宗
yamashiro kasagi ju kanemune
KAN1760 Kanenari Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
兼鳴
kanenari
KAN1762 Kanenawa Iwami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
石州出羽住兼繩
sekishū izuha ju kanenawa
KAN1763 Kanenawa Mino Ōan (1368-1375) ND
濃州住右衛門兼繩
nōshū ju uemon kanenawa
KAN1764 Kanenobu Kaga Bunmei (1469-1487)
加州住藤左衛門尉兼延
kashū tōzaemonjō kanenobu
KAN1771 Kanenobu Owari Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州住兼延
nōshū ju kanenobu
KAN1772 Kanenobu Owari Eishō (1504-1521)
尾州志賀住兼延作
bishū shiga ju kanenobu saku
KAN1774 Kanenobu Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
尾州志賀住兼延
oshū shiga ju kanenobu
KAN1774 Kanenobu Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
尾州名古屋住兼延
oshū nagoya ju kanenobu
KAN1775 Kanenobu Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
兼延
kanenobu
KAN1777 Kanenobu Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住丹波兼延
nōshū ju tamba kanenobu
KAN1777 Kanenobu Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住丹羽兼延
nōshū ju niwa kanenobu
KAN1777 Kanenobu Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住丹羽脩司兼延作之
nōshū ju niwa shuji kanenobu saku kore
KAN1779 Kanenobu Owari Meiō (1492-1501)
兼延
kanenobu
KAN1780 Kanenobu Owari Bunpō (1317-1319)
尾州志賀住兼延
oshu shiga ju kanenobu