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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAN84 Kanekiyo Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
包清作
kanekiyo saku
KAN84 Kanekiyo Yamato Bunmei (1469-1487)
南都住包清作
nanto ju kanekiyo saku
KAN840 Kaneharu Iwashiro Meiji (1868-1912)
奥州会津住兼春
ōshū aizu ju kaneharu
KAN841 Kaneharu Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝州住兼春
sesshū ju kaneharu
KAN842 Kaneharu Settsu Enpō (1673-1681)
攝州住兼春
sesshū ju kaneharu
KAN843 Kaneharu Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
兼流
kaneharu
KAN845 Kaneharu Mino Teiji (1362-1368) ND
兼晴
kaneharu
KAN846 Kaneharu Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
兼晴
kaneharu
KAN847 Kaneharu Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
兼晴
kaneharu
KAN849 Kaneharu Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住兼晴
nōshū seki ju kaneharu
KAN85 Kanekiyo Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
南都奈良手掻住藤原包清
nanto nara tegai ju fujiwara kanekiyo
KAN85 Kanekiyo Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
大和奈良手掻住藤原包清
yamato nara tegai ju fujiwara kanekiyo
KAN85 Kanekiyo Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
手掻住藤原包清
tegai ju fujiwara kanekiyo
KAN850 Kanehide Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住兼高
nōshū ju kanehide
KAN850 Kanehide Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州住兼高謹作
nōshū ju kanehide kin saku
KAN850 Kanehide Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
濃州関住兼高作
nōshū seki ju kanehide saku
KAN851 Kanehide Kai Koto (987-1596)
菊原九兵衛尉兼秀
kikuhara kubejō kanehide
KAN852 Kanehide Mino Bunan (1444-1449)
濃州関住兼秀作
nōshū seki ju kanehide saku
KAN855 Kanehide Iwashiro Genbun (1736-1741)
奥州会津住兼秀
ōshū aizu ju kanehide
KAN857 Kanehide Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住人兼英
nōshū seki junin kanehide
KAN86 Kanekore Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
和州雲林院住包是
washū unrinin ju kanekore
KAN863 Kanehide Mino Kansei (1789-1801)
兼英
kanehide
KAN87 Kanekuni Harima Genroku (1688-1704)
播州住藤原包國
banshū ju fujiwara kanekuni
KAN871 Kanehide Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝州住兼英
sesshū ju kanehide
KAN871 Kanehide Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
住吉兼英
sumiyoshi kanehide
KAN872 Kanehide Hyūga Meiō (1492-1501)
日州住兼榮
nishū ju kanehide
KAN873 Kanehide Hyūga Tenmon (1532-1555)
日州住兼榮
nishū ju kanehide
KAN874 Kanehide Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
兼榮
kanehide
KAN875 Kanehide Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
兼榮
kanehide
KAN876 Kanehira Bungo Kanji (1087-1094)
兼平
kanehira
KAN878 Kanehira Bungo Tenpuku (1233-1234)
兼平作
kanehira saku
KAN879 Kanehira Hizen Genroku (1688-1704)
肥前住法橋伊賀入道兼平
hizen ju norihashi iga nyudō kanehira
KAN88 Kanekuni Ibaraki Shōwa (1926-1989)
包國
kanekuni
KAN880 Kanehira Kaga Genroku (1688-1704)
加州住源兼平
kashū ju minamoto kanehira
KAN882 Kanehira Kawachi Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
秦兼平作
hata kanehira saku
KAN883 Kanehira Kawachi Shōchō (1428-1429)
秦兼平
hata kanehira
KAN884 Kanehira Ōan (1368-1375) ND
美濃兼平
mino kanehira
KAN885 Kanehira Mino Bunan (1444-1449)
兼平
kanehira
KAN888 Kanehira Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州住兼平
nōshū ju kanehira
KAN888 Kanehira Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
岐阜住兼平
gifu ju kanehira
KAN889 Kanehira Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
濃州関住兼平
nōshū seki ju kanehira
KAN89 Kanekuni Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝津國住包國
settsu kuni ju kanekuni
KAN891 Kanehira Musashi Anei (1772-1781)
武州住兼平作
bushū ju kanehira saku
KAN893 Kanehira Shinano Kaei (1848-1854)
信濃國兼平造
shinano kuni kanehira tsukuru
KAN894 Kanehira Yamato Koto (987-1596)
兼平
kanehira
KAN898 Kanehira Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
兼衡作
kanehira saku
KAN899 Kanehira Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
兼衡
kanehira
KAN90 Kanekuni Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
攝津住包國
settsu ju kanekuni
KAN90 Kanekuni Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
越中守藤原包國
etchu no kami fujiwara kanekuni
KAN90 Kanekuni Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
大和住越中守包國造
yamato ju etchu no kami kanekuni tsukuru