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ID Name Province Era Mei
KAZ33 Kazunao Uzen Kōka (1844-1848)
一直羽州庄内
kazunao ushū shōnai
KAZ33 Kazunao Uzen Kōka (1844-1848)
舜齋一直
toshisai kazunao
KAZ37 Kazunori Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
三陽真弓山麓住藤原一則作之
sanyō mayumi sanroku ju fujiwara kazunori saku kore
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
羽州住池田一秀
ushū ju ikeda kazuhide
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
出羽國庄内住池田一秀入道
dewa kuni shōnai ju ikeda kazuhide nyudō
KAZ4 Kazuhide Dewa Bunsei (1818-1830)
出羽國庄内住人藤原一秀造之
dewa kuni shōnai junin fujiwara kazuhide tsukuru kore
KAZ40 Kazunori Shinano Keiō (1865-1868)
運壽一則
kazuju kazunori
KAZ45 Kazusada Dewa Kaei (1848-1854)
庄内住池田一定
shōnai ju ikeda kazusada
KAZ50 Kazutora Musashi Hōreki (1751-1764)
山城守藤原百國入道一虎
yamashiro no kami fujiwara hyaku kuni nyudō kazutora
KAZ56 Kazuyasu Ōsumi Bunmei (1469-1487)
隅州波平一安
gūshū naminohira kazuyasu
KAZ63 Kazuhira Sagami Shōwa (1926-1989)
相州住大九保和平作
sōshū ju ōkubo kazuhira saku
KAZ76 Kazuyoshi Yamashiro Eishō (1504-1521)
了戒量能作
ryōkai kazuyoshi saku
KEI1 Keinin Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
駒井法眼慶任作
komai hogen keinin saku
KEI1 Keinin Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
平安駒井法橋慶任
heian komai hokyō keinin
KI3 Kiju Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
筒井越中守輝邦入道藤原紀充
tsutsui etchu no kami terukuni nyudō fujiwara kiju
KI3 Kiju Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州郡山九條住越中守入道紀充
washū goriyama kyujō ju etchu kami nyudō kiju
KI3 Kiju Yamato Genroku (1688-1704)
和州郡山九條住筒井輝邦入道紀充
washū goriyama kyujō ju tsutsui terukuni nyudō kiju
KIK4 Kikuhira Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國源菊平
hizen kuni minamoto kikuhira
KIK4 Kikuhira Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
肥前國伊賀守菊平
hizen kuni iga kami kikuhira
KIK4 Kikuhira Hizen Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守菊平
iga kami kikuhira
KIK6 Kikuhira Hizen Jokyō (1684-1688)
肥前國伊賀守源菊平
hizen kuni iga no kami minamoto kikuhira
KIK6 Kikuhira Hizen Jokyō (1684-1688)
大法橘伊賀守入道菊平
taiho tachibana iga no kami nyudō kikuhira
KIK7 Kikuhiro Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
山城國住平菊廣
yamashiro kuni ju taira kikuhiro
KIK9 Kikumitsu Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
隠岐住菊光作
oki kuni ju kikumitsu saku
KIN13 Kinjū Harima Enpō (1673-1681)
播陽國衛壮金重
banyo kuni esō kinju
KIN13 Kinjū Harima Enpō (1673-1681)
金重丸
kinjūmaru
KIN13 Kinjū Harima Enpō (1673-1681)
播州住金重
banshū ju kinjū
KIN24 Kinjū Mino Enpō (1673-1681)
播陽國衛壮金重
banyō kuni esō kinju
KIN24 Kinjū Mino Enpō (1673-1681)
金重丸
kinjūmaru
KIN24 Kinjū Mino Enpō (1673-1681)
多田輿三右工衛門尉金重
toda yosaemonjō kinjū
KIN24 Kinjū Mino Enpō (1673-1681)
播州住金重
banshū ju kinjū
KIN43 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
金道
kinmichi
KIN43 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN43 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keichō (1596-1615)
伊賀守藤原金道
iga no kami fujiwara kinmichi
KIN44 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
和泉守来金道
izumi no kami rai kinmichi
KIN44 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
藤原来金道
fujiwara rai kinmichi
KIN44 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanei (1624-1644)
越後守藤原来金道
echigo no kami fujiwara rai kinmichi
KIN45 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
和泉守金道
izumi no kami kinmichi
KIN45 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
法橋藤原金道
hōkkyo fujiwara kinmichi
KIN45 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
大法師法橋来金道
daihoshi hōkkyo rai kinmichi
KIN45 Kinmichi Yamashiro Keian (1648-1652)
大法師法橋来栄泉
daihoshi hōkkyo rai eisen
KIN46 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN46 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊賀守藤原金道
iga no kami fujiwara kinmichi
KIN47 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊豆守藤原金道
izu no kami fujiwara kinmichi
KIN48 Kinmichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
和泉守藤原来金道
izumi no kami fujiwara rai kinmichi
KIN50 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
和泉守来金道
izumi no kami rai kinmichi
KIN51 Kinmichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN51 Kinmichi Yamashiro Enpō (1673-1681)
伊賀守藤原朝臣金道
iga no kami fujiwara ason kinmichi
KIN52 Kinmichi Yamashiro Kyōhō (1716-1736)
伊賀守金道
iga no kami kinmichi
KIN53 Kinmichi Yamashiro Hōreki (1751-1764)
雷除伊賀守金道
raijo iga no kami kinmichi