NAMES AND ERAS
OF
JAPANESE ARTIST ARTIZANS
OTHER THAN
KERAMISTS AND SCULPTORS OF
SWORD-FURNITURE
N.B. A few of the names in this list appear also in the List of Sword-Fumiture Chisellers. That is because of the general character of their work.
- Aichiku. 19th cent. (d. 1896.) A woodcarver of Echizen.
- Akiyama. Present day. Wood-carver in the style of Matsumoto Kisaburo, whom he accompanied to Tokyo from Kumamoto.
- Anraku. 19th cent. (d. 1893.) A netsuke-carver of Osaka, pupil of Kaigyokusai.
- Arakawa. Beiun. Present day. A skilled wood-carver of Tokyo, midway between the old and the new schools.
- Araki. Kihei. 17th cent. Pupil of Nagoshi Masataka. Metal-founder.
- Ariyoshi. Nagato. 19th cent. (d. 1890.) Originally a mask-carver of great skill, he became a worker in metals after 1870. Some fine netsuke in the form of masks were produced by him. His art name was Mori Ryoken.
- Asada. Sahichi. Present day. A highly skilled worker in cloisonné enamel, chiefly remarkable for transluced pastes run over gold and silver, which are chislled in various designs, or carry subjects worked in enamels of stronger colours.
- Asahi. Sho. 19th cent. (d. 1890). A carver and engraver of Tokyo.
- Asahi. Meido. Present day. A skilled ivory-carver of Tokyo; pupil of Gyokkin of Kyoto and Ishikawa Mitsuaki of Tokyo.
- Asahi. Gyokuzan. Present day. A netsuke-carver of Kyoto, celebrated for chiselling skulls.
- Asai. Hidejiro. Worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Hara Fujio.
- Asai. Bansaburo. A worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Kaji Tsunekichi.
- Awada-guchi. A mark found on netsuke of Miwa's time. It has not been identified.
- Bazan. Present day. A highly skilled wood-carver of Gifu. He has carved a string of cash on a straw rope so that each cash moves.
- Benkichi. 19th cent. (d. 1865.) A wood-carver of Ono in Kaga. He excelled in chiselling a multitude of cranes, deer, etc., in relief on a flat field. Also made mechanical toys.
- Chiujiro. (d. 1800.) Metal-founder.
- Chounsai. 19th cent. (d. 1885.) A netsuke-shi of Yedo (Tokyo); pupil of Tomochika.
- Daikokuya. Toyemon. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Kyoto.
- Deme. Uman. 18th cent. The Soken Kisho says: "Deme was a native of Yedo, and a mask-maker by profession. It appears that this artist carved as a pastime only. He had a natural gift for carving netsuke in the form of a mask, and none could surpass him in such work. There
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