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ID Name Province Era Mei
KIY424 Kiyosada Mino Genroku (1688-1704)
武蔵守藤原清貞
musashi no kami fujiwara kiyosada
KIY435 Kiyosada Suō Kakitsu (1441-1444)
二王清貞作
niō kiyosada saku
KIY456 Kiyozane Nagato Kyōhō (1716-1736)
長州豊浦住二王清真
chōshū toyoura ju niō kiyozane
KIY457 Kiyozane Suō Eikyō (1429-1441)
二王清實作
niō kiyozane saku
KIY474 Kiyoshige Kōzuke Keiō (1865-1868)
源清重作之
minamoto kiyoshige saku kore
KIY474 Kiyoshige Kōzuke Keiō (1865-1868)
上野國荒木清重作
kozuke kuni araki kiyoshige saku
KIY480 Kiyoshige Nagato Hōreki (1751-1764)
長州住藤原清重
choshū ju fujiwara kiyoshige
KIY485 Kiyoshige Nagato Genji (1864-1865)
長州須佐住宮内藤原清重作
chōshū susa ju miyauchi fujiwara kiyomitsu saku
KIY491 Kiyoshige Suō Kanshō (1460-1466)
二王清重作
niō kiyoshige saku
KIY495 Kiyoshige Iwami Kansei (1789-1801)
石州濱田住龍蔵山清繁作
sekishū hamada ju ryūzōzan kiyoshige sake
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
薩州鹿兒島住清左
sashū kagoshima ju kiyosuke
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
鹿兒島住波平清左
kagoshima ju naminohira kiyosuke
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
薩州波平清左作
sashū naminohira kiyosuke saku
KIY506 Kiyosuke Satsuma Bunki (1501-1504)
薩州住清左
sashū ju kiyosuke
KIY532 Kiyotada Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
防州清忠作
bōshū kiyotada saku
KIY535 Kiyotaka Musashi Genna (1615-1624)
野田善四郎清尭
noda zenshiro kiyotaka
KIY535 Kiyotaka Musashi Genna (1615-1624)
日本善清尭
nihon zen kiyotaka
KIY535 Kiyotaka Musashi Genna (1615-1624)
野田善清尭
noda zen kiyotaka
KIY539 Kiyotane Suō Chōroku (1457-1460)
二王清種
niō kiyotane
KIY539 Kiyotane Suō Chōroku (1457-1460)
長州住清種
chōshū ju kiyotane
KIY556 Kiyotsugu Bitchū Bunō (1260-1261)
清次
kiyotsugu
KIY56 Kiyohide Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
薩州住清秀
sashū ju kiyohide
KIY56 Kiyohide Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平清秀
naminohira kiyohide
KIY560 Kiyotsugu Hizen Tenna (1681-1684)
肥前國住藤原清次
hizen kuni ju fujiwara kiyotsugu
KIY562 Kiyotsugu Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
関住清次
seki ju kiyotsugu
KIY57 Kiyohide Chikugo Tenpō (1830-1844)
筑後青木近江介源清秀
chikugo aoki ominosuke minamoto kiyohide
KIY57 Kiyohide Chikugo Tenpō (1830-1844)
久留米住清秀
kurume ju kiyohide
KIY579 Kiyotsuna Suō Genkyū (1204-1206)
二王清綱
niō kiyotsuna
KIY584 Kiyotsuna Suō Gentoku (1329-1331)
二王清綱
nio kiyotsuna
KIY592 Kiyotsuna Suō Kanbun (1661-1673)
周防二王三郎清綱朝臣於安藝國作之
suō niō saburō kiyotsuna ason oite aki kuni saku kore
KIY60 Kiyohide Satsuma Kyōroku (1528-1532)
薩州住清秀
sashū ju kiyohide
KIY615 Kiyoyasu Satsuma Tenmon (1532-1555)
波平清安作
naminohira kiyoyasu saku
KIY621 Kiyoyoshi Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船清吉
bishū osafune kiyoyoshi
KIY626 Kiyoyoshi Satsuma Genki (1570-1573)
薩州住清吉
sashū ju kiyoyoshi
KIY626 Kiyoyoshi Satsuma Genki (1570-1573)
波平清吉
naminohira kiyoyoshi
KIY64 Kiyohira Bungo Kanbun (1661-1673)
豊州住清平
hōshū ju kiyohira
KIY69 Kiyohira Sagami Enpō (1673-1681)
加州藤原清平
kashū fujiwara kiyohira
KIY69 Kiyohira Sagami Enpō (1673-1681)
小田原八幡山住藤原清平
odawara hachimanyama ju fujiwara kiyohira
KIY69 Kiyohira Sagami Enpō (1673-1681)
辻村相模守藤原清平
tsujimura sagami no kami fujiwara kiyohira
KIY69 Kiyohira Sagami Enpō (1673-1681)
加州金澤住清平作
kashū kanazawa ju kiyohira saku
KIY69 Kiyohira Sagami Enpō (1673-1681)
相州小田原八幡山住藤原清平
sōshū odawara hachimanyama ju fujiwara kiyohira
KIY70 Kiyohira Sagami Hōei (1704-1711)
藤原清平
fujiwara kiyohira
KIY70 Kiyohira Sagami Hōei (1704-1711)
八幡山清平
hachimanyama kiyohira
KIY74 Kiyohira Nagano Shōwa (1926-1989)
信濃國住宮入清平作之
shinano kuni ju miyairi kiyohira saku kore
KIY79 Kiyohira Suō Bunmei (1469-1487)
二王清平
niō kiyohira
KIY94 Kiyokage Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船清景
bishū osafune kiyokage
KO17 Kotengu Kii Kaei (1848-1854)
紀伊新宮伏拜平助
kii shingū fūkuhai heisuke
KO29 Kotetsu Musashi Jōō (1652-1655)
長曽祢興里入道虎徹
nagasone okisato nyudō kotetsu
KO30 Kotetsu Musashi Tenna (1681-1684)
長曽祢虎徹興正
nagasone kotetsu okimasa
KO6 Kōzukenosuke Higo Keichō (1596-1615)
九州肥後同田貫上野介
kyushū higo dotanuki kōzukenosuke