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JAPAN

  • Soami Hisatsugu—fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (said to have lived in the time of Yoshimasa).
  • Chigusa—sixteenth century. Celebrated for masks of deities.
  • Fukurai Masatomo—fifteenth century. Masks of old men.
  • Horai Ujitoki—fifteenth century. Masks of female faces.
  • Haruwaka Tadatsugu—sixteenth century. Masks of young faces.
  • Uwo Hyoye—sixteenth century. Masks of old men and demons.

N. B. The above, from Soami to Uwo, are called the "Six Sculptors" (Roku-saku).

INTERMEDIATE SCULPTORS ("CHIU-SAKU")

  • Jiunin—sixteenth century.
  • Miyano—sixteenth century.
  • Sairen (a priest)—sixteenth century.
  • Kichijo-in (a priest)—sixteenth century.
  • Kaku-no-bo—sixteenth century. Had the art title of Tenka-ichi, and is counted an eminent sculptor.
  • Boya Magoiiuro
  • Boya MagoiiuroDansho date uncertain.
  • Gunkei—twelfth century.
  • Kasuga Tori—eighth century. A celebrated sculptor of Buddhist images who is supposed to have carved masks of Okina.
  • Tankai Rishi (or Hōzan)—seventeenth century.
  • Shimizu Rinkei—a pupil of Tankai.
  • Shōun—(1647-1700).

THE DEME FAMILY

  • Deme Jikan Yoshimitsu. Called also Ono, or Kizan or Sukezaemon—sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally an armourer of Echizen, he became a sculptor of masks after moving to Yamashiro. In 1595 received the art title of Tenka-ichi from the Taikō. Entered the Takugawa service and died in 1616.

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