CHISELLERS
min used the marks Okina Temmin (i.e., old man Temmin); Shojō-okina Temmin.
- Tempō. Shōami. 1700. A Kyoto expert, celebrated for carving flowers and leaves tossed by the wind. His pieces are generally marked Yamashiro no Kuni Tempo.
- Tenjō. Vide Mitsunori. Goto.
- Tenkōdō. Vide Hidekuni.
- Teruaki. Yokoya. 1730. Originally known as Ishikawa Kiuhachi and afterwards called himself Jiriu-ken and Yumin. A great carver, but he devoted much of his labour to copying the masterpieces of others. A Japanese connoisseur of the eighteenth century writes: “No one could equal him in ease and rapidity of working. If he were asked to make a carving of some particular object on a kozuka, he would at once take up his chisel, did he happen to be in the mood, and would not cease till he had produced several exquisite specimens, working, all the while, in the simplest, most unconcerned way.” Yedo.
- Teruaki. Yokoya. 1700. Iyemon. Subsequently called himself Sōyū. A skilled expert, but his works are very rare. Yedo.
- Teruhide. Omori. 1760. Kisōji. Called himself Ittosai and Riu-u-sai. A pupil of Terumasa (Omori). A splendid expert. The Omori style (carving in high relief on grounds inlaid with gold in the aventurine pattern) became widely popular in his hands. The Soken Kisho says of him: “His chisel marks have a force that would rend a rock. His fuka-bori (deeply incised) waves, etc., on a ground of shibuichi are magnificent, and nothing can exceed the exquisite beauty of his high relief peonies on nashiji (aventurine ground). He seems to have based his method of carving flowers on Sōmin’s celebrated ichirin-botan (single-blossom peony). His martial figures are grand.” Yedo. (Said to have been the first to carve wave diaper in high relief.)
- Teruhiko. Murata. 1800. Bennosuke. Called himself Okando. Pupil of Teruhide (Omori). Yedo.
- Teruhisa. Kuwamura. 1780. Kiuhei. Pupil of Terumasa (Omori). Yedo.
- Teruiye. Omori. 1780. Denzo. Pupil of Terumasa (Omori). Yedo.
- Terukazu. Omori. 1760. Jisuke. Called himself also Kanshikan. Yedo.
- Terukuni. Omori. 1810. Yagohei or Yajiuro. A great chiseller of nanako. Yedo.
- Terumasa. Omori. 1730. A skilled expert, generally regarded as the originator of the Omori style. A pupil of Naomasa (Yanagawa). Art name, Yoichi Kambun. Yedo.
- Terumitsu. Omori. 1820. Kisōji or Manzō. Called himself Chōsendo and Kijūsai. A great expert. Yedo.
- Terumoto. Omori. 1810. Tatsuzō. Yedo.
- Terunaga. Omori. 1790. Shirobei or Shigetsugu. Yedo.
- Terusada. Yamamoto. 1780. Kambei. A pupil of Terumasa (Omori) and a skilled expert. Yedo.
- Terushige. Yokoya. 1750. Minosuke. Sometimes marked his works Nobusada. Yedo.
- Terutake. Suguira. 1780. Dembei. Pupil of Terumasa (Omori). Yedo.
- Terutoki. Tokuno. 1780. Genjiro. Called himself also Ichimudo. A pupil of Terumasa (Omori) and a highly skilled expert. Yedo.
- Terutoki. Omori. 1750. A pupil of Terumasa (Omori). Yedo.
- Terutsugu. Yokoya. 1780. Yedo.
- Terutsugu. Yoshioka. 1680. Rizayemon. Called also Hidesaburo, and had the title of Inaba-no-suke. Yedo.
- Terutsumu. Yoshioka. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Teruuji. Omori. 1800. Yojiuro or Teruchika. Yedo.
- Terayoshi. Mizuno. 1660. Genji. Kaga.
- Tessai. Vide Yoshitatsu.
- Tetsuya. Gembei. Vide Naoshige.
- Tetsuya. Gembei. Vide Naoshige.
- Tetsuya. Kimbei. Vide Shigemoto (Kubo).
- Tetsuya. Dembei. Vide Kuniharu and Harukuni.
- Tōan. Vide Sōmin.
- Tōdaya. Vide Mitsusada.
- Tōgindo. Vide Yoshiteni.
- Tōgokushi. Vide Masatsune and Koretsune.
- Togu. Vide Motozumi (Oyama).
- Tōhōken. Vide Motohisa (Yoshikawa).
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