CHISELLERS
kwan. Celebrated for skill in Kata-kiri chiselling. Worked first in Yedo and afterwards in Mito.
- Yeizui. Vide Fusayori.
- Yekijō. Goto. 1630. Mitsuharu. Kyoto.
- Yenjō. Goto. 1630. Mitsuhide, and commonly known as Kambei. Kyoto.
- Yenjō. Goto. 1760. The thirteenth Goto Master.
- Yetsujō. Goto. 1660. Mitsukuni. Kyoto.
- Yohei. Umemura. 1710. Commonly called Masuya Yohei. A pupil of Sōhō. Kyoto.
- Yokoya. Family name. Vide Teruaki.
- Yoritoshi. Nomura. Pupil of Hiyobu Hōgen.
- Yoritsune. 1580. Nothing is known about this artist, but an inscription on his work shows that he lived in the time of the celebrated master of tea ceremonial, Sen no Rikiu.
- Yoshiaki. Tanaka. 1720. Gozayemon. A pupil of Goto Rihei. A skilled expert. Yedo.
- Yoshiaki. 1810. An expert of some note. Studied in Mito and settled in Yedo. Commonly called Unno Yoshiaki.
- Yoshiaki. Ishiguro. 1850. Kichigoro. Yedo.
- Yoshichika. Tsuchiya. 18th and 19th cent. Metal-worker of Kaga.
- Yoshida. Family name. Vide Bunsui.
- Yoshiharu. Kaneko. 1550. Kichi-no-jō. A man of noble origin, who studied carving under Goto Kwōjō, and attained such skill that he adopted the work as a profession, and founded the Kaneko family of artists. Kyoto.
- Yoshiharu. 1840. Sentaro. Yedo.
- Yoshihide. Mikami. 1840. Wajiuro. Called Kosanya. Yedo.
- Yoshihiro. Kuwamura. 1620. Yosabei. A skilled expert with a peculiarly soft style. Adopted son of Koko. Kaga.
- Yoshihiro. Noda. 1730. Uhachi. A pupil of Yasuchika (Nara). Celebrated for carving groups of various kinds of fish. His work is tender yet strong. Yedo.
- Yoshihiro. Iwamoto. 1750. Chiuyemon; afterwards Yohachi. Called also Kikwan. Father of the celebrated Konkwan (Iwamoto). He is sometimes spoken of as belonging to the Shōami family. Kyoto.
- Yoshihisa. Umetada. 1700. The thirty-first descendant of Tachibana no Munechika. On his work is found the inscription Umetada Tachibana no Nanigashi, or “A certain member of the Tachibana family.” A Kyoto expert.
- Yoshihisa. 1810. Onominokichi. Art name, Tokakusai. A pupil of Kyohisa (Tanaka). Aizu.
- Yoshihisa. Tamagawa. 1770. Saburoshiro. A skilled expert. Employed by the Daimiyo of Mito and afterwards worked in Yedo. Art name, Kiukiuken.
- Yoshihisa. Tamagawa. 1790. Tashichi. Called himself Joyeikan. A nephew of Yoshihisa Saburoshiro. Celebrated for his skill in carving dragons. Yedo.
- Yoshihisa. Shōami. 1750. Heisuke. Worked first at Tsuyama in Minosaka, and afterwards in Kyoto.
- Yoshikawa. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Yoshikatsu. Inagawa. 1740. Carved in the style of Naomasa (Yanagawa) and attained a high reputation. Yedo.
- Yoshikatsu. 1840. Yeijiro. A pupil of Jikosai. Yedo.
- Yoshikatsu. Okamoto. 1740. Tōzayemon. A skilled artist. His work was presented by the feudal chief of Choshiu to the Yedo Court. Hagi.
- Yoshikazu. Shōami. 1620. An expert of the Iyo branch of the Shōami family. Matsuyama.
- Yoshikuni. Yoshishige. 1660. Magoyemon. Kaga.
- Yoshikuni. Yoshishige. 1710. Choyemon. Kaga.
- Yoshikyo. Goto. 1630. Yoshishige. Employed at the Mint (Kobanza). Kyoto.
- Yoshimitsu. Kaneko. 1660. An expert of Kii, sixth descendant of Yoshiharu Kichi-no-jō. Art name, Jogen. A skilled artist.
- Yoshimitsu. Aoyagi. 1740. Yeigoro. Called also Mitsunari. A pupil of Inagawa Yoshikatsu, and a skilled expert. Yedo.
- Yoshimune. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Hiyaku-ji-ken.
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