SPECIAL SUBJECTS
- Ogata Kwōrin, a renowned lacquerer and painter of the seventeenth century (died 1716), remarkable for the bold freedom of his style.
- Yoji Hidetsugu (called also Noji Zenkyō), second half of sixteenth century.
- Seiami (called also Shōho), second half of sixteenth century.
- Kōami Sozen, grandson of Kōami Dochō.
- Kōami Sokei, son of Kōami Sozen.
- Kōami Sohaku, son of Kōami Sokei.
- Kōami Dōsei, son of Koami Dochō.
- Igarashi Shinsei, a celebrated lacquerer patronised by the Shōgun Yoshimasa (second half of fifteenth century). Many of his descendants became famous.
- Kōami Chōho, worked under patronage of Iyeyasu in Yedo (beginning of seventeenth century).
- Koma Kiui, worked for Iyemitsu in Yedo (first half of seventeenth century). Eleven generations of the Koma family worked for the Tokugawa.
- Kōami Nagashige, tenth generation of the Kōami family. A celebrated expert who worked mainly for the Tokugawa Shōguns in Yedo (1620-1651), as did also his descendants through nine generations.
- Kōami Nagafusa, son of Kōami Nagashige.
- Kōami Chokyu, son of Kōami Nagafusa.
- Kōami Masamine, son of Kōami Chōkyu, beginning of seventeenth century.
- Igarashi Dōho, worked in Kaga.
- Yamamoto Shōbei, worked in Nagoya; end of eighteenth century.
- Yamamoto Shunshō, worked in Kyoto (died 1682).
- Shunshō, name by nine descendants of Yamamoto Shunshō, who were all lacquer experts.
- Shibara Ichidayu, worked in Kaga (middle of seventeenth century).
- Koma Kiuhaku, son of Koma Kiui (end of seventeenth century). Eleven generations of the Koma family worked for the Tokugawa Shōguns in Yedo.
- Tatsuki Chōbei, worked in Kyoto in second half of seventeenth century, and became very renowned.
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