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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN3008 Kaneyoshi Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州住兼吉作
nōshū ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN3008 Kaneyoshi Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州關之住兼吉作
nōshū seki no ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN3009 Kaneyoshi Mino Ōei (1394-1428)
濃州關住兼吉作
nōshū seki ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN301 Kaneshige Bitchū Genroku (1688-1704)
備中國水田包重
bitchū kuni mizuta kaneshige
KAN3010 Kaneyoshi Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州住兼吉作
nōshū ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN3031 Kaneyoshi Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州關住丹波守兼吉
nōshū seki ju tamba no kami kaneyoshi
KAN3031 Kaneyoshi Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
坂尾善定兼吉
sakao zenjō kaneyoshi
KAN3033 Kaneyoshi Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
坂尾善定兼吉
sakao zenjō kaneyoshi
KAN3033 Kaneyoshi Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州關住丹波守兼吉
nōshū seki ju tamba no kami kaneyoshi
KAN3067 Kaneyoshi Mino Ansei (1854-1860)
濃州関住眞勢子善定兼吉作
nōshū seki ju maseko zenjō kaneyoshi saku
KAN3067 Kaneyoshi Mino Ansei (1854-1860)
美濃國善定眞勢子兼吉謹鍛之
mino kuni zenjō maseko kaneyoshi kintan kore
KAN3068 Kaneyoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
関住兼吉田吉作
seki ju yoshida kaneyoshi saku
KAN307 Kaneshige Higo Kanbun (1661-1673)
隈本住藤原包重
kumamoto ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN3072 Kaneyoshi Rikuchu Kansei (1789-1801)
奥州守岡住兼吉作
ōshū morioka ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN3079 Kaneyoshi Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州関住兼良
nōshū seki ju kaneyoshi
KAN3079 Kaneyoshi Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
兼良作
kaneyoshi saku
KAN308 Kaneshige Higo Jokyō (1684-1688)
肥後隈本住藤原包重
higo kumamoto ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN3080 Kaneyoshi Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
濃州関住兼良
nōshū seki ju kaneyoshi
KAN3080 Kaneyoshi Mino Taiei (1521-1528)
兼良作
kaneyoshi saku
KAN3087 Kaneyoshi Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州住兼傅
nōshū ju kaneyoshi
KAN309 Kaneshige Higo Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國住人包重
hizen kuni junin kaneshige
KAN3099 Kaneyoshi Hōki Ōei (1394-1428)
伯耆國住兼義作
hoki kuni ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN3099 Kaneyoshi Hōki Ōei (1394-1428)
伯州國延口住兼義作
hakushū kuni nobuguchi ju kaneyoshi saku
KAN31 Kanehide Mutsu Bunka (1804-1818)
奥州仙臺住本郷大助包秀
ōshū sendai ju hongō tasuke kanehide
KAN31 Kanehide Mutsu Bunka (1804-1818)
奥州住國包嫡本郷大祐包秀
ōshū ju kunikane chaku hongō ōsaka kanehide
KAN310 Kaneshige Kai Shinto (1596-1781)
甲州入道包重
kōshū nyudō kaneshige
KAN3105 Kaneyoshi Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
濃州関住兼義
nōshū seki ju kaneyoshi
KAN3112 Kaneyoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
(花押)
seki ju kaneyoshi saku (kao)
KAN3113 Kaneyoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
(花押)
seki ju okada kaneyoshi saku (kao)
KAN312 Kaneshige Owari Enpō (1673-1681)
尾州住包重
bishū ju kaneshige
KAN313 Kaneshige Owari Kyōhō (1716-1736)
尾州犬山住藤原包重
bishū inuyama ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN314 Kaneshige Mutsu Tensho (1573-1592)
奥州谷住包重
ōshū tani ju kaneshige
KAN314 Kaneshige Mutsu Tensho (1573-1592)
奥州湧谷住包重
ōshū wakutani ju kaneshige
KAN3141 Kaneyuki Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
関住藤原兼行
seki ju fujiwara kaneyuki
KAN3141 Kaneyuki Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州住兼行
nōshū ju kaneyuki
KAN315 Kaneshige Mutsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
奥州涌谷住包重
ōshū wakutani ju kaneshige
KAN3157 Kaneyuki Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
村山兼幸
murayama kaneyuki
KAN3157 Kaneyuki Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州関住村山兼幸作
nōshū seki ju murayama kaneyuki saku
KAN3157 Kaneyuki Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
兼幸
kaneyuki
KAN316 Kaneshige Mutsu Ansei (1854-1860)
仙臺住藤原包重
sendai ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN317 Kaneshige Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
陸奥守包重
mutsu no kami kaneshige
KAN318 Kaneshige Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
陸奥守包重
mutsu no kami kaneshige
KAN318 Kaneshige Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
陸奥守包重作之
mutsu no kami kaneshige saku kore
KAN32 Kanehide Yamato Bunki (1501-1504)
和州住包秀
washū ju kanehide
KAN320 Kaneshige Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
大和國包重
yamato kuni kaneshige
KAN322 Kaneshige Yamato Enpō (1673-1681)
大和國住藤原包重
yamato kuni ju fujiwara kaneshige
KAN322 Kaneshige Yamato Enpō (1673-1681)
文珠包重
monju kaneshige
KAN322 Kaneshige Yamato Enpō (1673-1681)
山城國住文珠包重
yamashiro kuni ju monju kaneshige
KAN325 Kanesuke Bizen Jōgen (1207-1211)
包助
kanesuke
KAN326 Kanesuke Bizen Ninji (1240-1243)
備前國包助
bizen kuni kanesuke