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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN462 Kaneyoshi Yamato Eiroku (1558-1570)
包吉
kaneyoshi
KAN463 Kaneyoshi Yamato Kanei (1624-1644)
和州手掻住藤原信清
washū tegai ju fujiwara kaneyoshi
KAN464 Kaneyoshi Yamato Kyōhō (1716-1736)
和州南都住文殊包吉
washū nanto ju monju kaneyoshi
KAN465 Kaneyoshi Satsuma Shōtoku (1711-1716)
攝州住包善
sesshū ju kaneyoshi
KAN466 Kaneyoshi Echizen Shinto (1596-1781)
越前國住近江守包義
echizen kuni ju omi no kami kaneyoshi
KAN467 Kaneyoshi Etchū Kanbun (1661-1673)
越中住藤原包義
etchu ju fujiwara kaneyoshi
KAN468 Kaneyoshi Kaga Kyōhō (1716-1736)
加州金澤住包義
kashū kanazawa ju kaneyoshi
KAN469 Kaneyoshi Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
包義
kaneyoshi
KAN47 Kanehira Genroku (1688-1704)
信濃守包平
shinano no kami kanehira
KAN470 Kaneyuki Mino Koryaku (1379-1381) ND
千手院包行
senjuin kaneyuki saku
KAN472 Kaneyuki Yamashiro Keiō (1865-1868)
三品近江守藤原包行
mishina omi no kami fujiwara kaneyuki
KAN477 Kaneyuki Yamato Ōei (1394-1428)
大和國包行作
yamato kuni kaneyuki saku
KAN478 Kaneyuki Yamato Kakitsu (1441-1444)
大和國包行作
yamato kuni kaneyuki saku
KAN479 Kaneyuki Meiji (1868-1912)
野溝甲斐守源包行造
nomizo kai no kami minamoto kaneyuki tsukuru
KAN48 Kanehiro Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
包弘作
kanehiro saku
KAN480 Kaneyuki Mutsu Kanpō (1741-1744)
奥州仙臺住包幸
ōshū sendai ju kaneyuki
KAN481 Kaneyuki Mutsu Meiwa (1764-1772)
奥州仙臺住包幸
ōshū sendai ju kaneyuki
KAN482 Kaneyuki Mutsu Kansei (1789-1801)
奥州仙臺住藤原包幸
ōshū sendai ju fujiwara kaneyuki
KAN484 Kanezō Rikuzen Kaei (1848-1854)
奥州仙臺住包蔵
ōshū sendai ju kanezō
KAN489 Kanechika Shōwa (1926-1989)
一文字金近
(kiku) ichimonji kanechika
KAN49 Kanehiro Echizen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
越前國近江大掾藤原包廣
echizen kuni omi daijō fujiwara kanehiro
KAN49 Kanehiro Echizen Kyōhō (1716-1736)
越後國近江大掾藤原包廣
echigo kuni omi daijō fujiwara kanehiro
KAN490 Kanechika Yamashiro Tenna (1681-1684)
一文珠近江守金近
(kiku) ichimonju omi no kami kanechika
KAN491 Kaneda Tōtōmi Bunmei (1469-1487)
遠江國金田
totomi kuni kaneda
KAN492 Kanefusa Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
攝州住金房
sesshū ju kanefusa
KAN493 Kanehide Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
下總守藤原金英
shimosa no kami fujiwara kanehide
KAN493 Kanehide Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
濃州関住下總守藤原金英
nōshū seki ju shimosa no kami fujiwara kanehide
KAN494 Kanehira Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州住金衡
nōshū ju kanehira
KAN499 Kanehiro Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
金廣
kanehiro
KAN5 Kanjo Shinano Kanbun (1661-1673)
信國勘助
nobukuni kanjo
KAN50 Kanehiro Kaga Kyōhō (1716-1736)
加州金澤住藤原包廣
kashū kanazawa ju fujiwara kanehiro
KAN500 Kanehisa Mutsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
九次郎金久
kyujiro kanehisa
KAN500 Kanehisa Mutsu Tenpō (1830-1844)
奥州弘前住金久
ōshū hirosaki ju kanehisa
KAN501 Kaneie Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝州住金宿
sesshū ju kaneie
KAN502 Kanekiyo Izumo Kōka (1844-1848)
雲州来島住澤田金清
unshū kurushima ju sawada kanekiyo
KAN503 Kanekura Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
大和守藤原金藏
yamato no kami fujiwara kanekura
KAN504 Kanekura Mino Kyōhō (1716-1736)
常陸守藤原金藏
hitachi no kami fujiwara kanekura
KAN507 Kanemasa Suruga Koto (987-1596)
駿河國金剛
suruga kuni kanemasa
KAN507 Kanemasa Suruga Koto (987-1596)
金王丸
kaneōmaru maru
KAN507 Kanemasa Suruga Koto (987-1596)
金剛丸
kongo maru
KAN508 Kanemitsu Bingo Kōwa (1381-1384)
備州住金光
bishū ju kanemitsu
KAN509 Kanemitsu Bizen Tensho (1573-1592)
備前國金光作
bizen kuni kanemitsu saku
KAN51 Kanehiro Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
若狭守藤原包廣
wakasa no kami fujiwara kanehiro
KAN512 Kanemitsu Nagato Tenmon (1532-1555)
長州住金光
choshū ju kanemitsu
KAN513 Kanemitsu Nagato Genroku (1688-1704)
長州住金光
choshū ju kanemitsu
KAN514 Kanemori Musashi Genroku (1688-1704)
石道法橋金盛
ishidō hokkyō kanemori
KAN517 Kanemoto Mino Eiroku (1558-1570)
濃州關住金本
nōshū seki ju kanemoto
KAN518 Kanemune Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
美濃國岐阜住金宗
mino kuni gifu ju kanemune
KAN519 Kanemune Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
美濃國岐阜住金宗
mino kuni gifu ju kanemune
KAN52 Kanehiro Suruga Manji (1658-1661)
駿州富士郡包廣
sunshū fuji-gori kanehiro