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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