ARTIST ARTIZANS
originally a maker of peep-show boxes, but afterwards devoted himself to carving artificial teeth and netsuke.
- Kame. 17th cent. Called Kame-jo (the woman Kame). A skilled bronze-caster of Nagasaki.
- Kameyama. Jōsetsu. Present day. One of the best wood-carvers of Osaka; pupil of Kyōyen (V. Morikawa).
- Kanaya. Gorosaburo. 17th cent. Settled in Kyoto in 1625, and soon acquired an unrivalled reputation for skill, not only in casting and chiselling bronzes, but also for patina, called Gorosa-iro (Gorosa color). There have been ten generations of the Kanaya family, all called Gorosaburo. They are distinguished only by their posthumous names. The following is the list:—
- Gorosaburo (1). (d. 1660.) Posthumous name, Dōyen.
- Gorosaburo (2). (d. 1716.) Posthumous name, Nichizui.
- Gorosaburo (3). (d. 1779.) Posthumous name, Sokuyen.
- Gorosaburo (4). (d. 1772.) Posthumous name, Enshin.
- Gorosaburo (5). (d. 1817.) Posthumous name, Ichiryo.
- Gorosaburo (6). (d. 1825.) Posthumous name, Sōyen.
- Gorosaburo (7). (d. 1848.) Posthumous name, Ichijō.
- Gorosaburo (8). (d. 1873.) Posthumous name, Nichiyen.
- Gorosaburo (9). (d. 1889.) Posthumous name, Ryoki. This was one of the greatest of the family. He enriched his country with many beautiful works.
- Gorosaburo (10). Present time.
- Kanchi. Miyazaki. (d. 1728.) Hikokuro and Naoyoshi. Metal-founder.
- Kanchi. Miyazaki. (d. 1773.) Naonobu Shōshin. Known in Kaga, where he worked, as “Zeni-ya Kanchi” (Kanchi, the coiner). A great metal-founder.
- Kanchi. 17th and 18th cent. Family name, Miyasaki, and personal name, Hikosaburo. Called also, Giichi, and generally spoken of as Niudo Kanchi. (d. 1712.) Said to have been a pupil of Nagoshi Sansho, but as the latter died in 1638, the statement is apocryphal. Worked in Kaga. A celebrated metal-founder.
- Kaneda. Kanejiro. Present day. An ivory-carver of Tokyo. Some remarkably large works have been turned out in his atelier, notably ivory eagles, measuring 5 feet across the wings. The heads of these birds were chiselled by Ishikawa Mitsuaki (q. v.). Kaneda’s artizans have all been trained by Ishikawa or Shimamura.
- Kanjuro. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Osaka. The Soken Kisho says:—“He carved human figures having the faces and limbs of ivory and the costume, etc., in ebony.”
- Karamono-ya. Kiubyoye. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Sakai, in Izumi. The Soken Kisho says: “This artist was by profession a bronze-founder (Karamono-ya). His netsukes are of bronze, and generally take the form of the Kuwara-netsuke (vide note under Riusa’s name) or suigara-ake, “pipe-ash-holder,” (vide note under Toshinaga’s name).”
- Kashiu. 18th cent. The Soken Kisho says: “Nothing is known of this artist beyond the fact that the above ideographs, supposed to represent his name, are engraved on some fine netsuke.”
- Kato. Tamejuro. A worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Kato Yasubiyoye.
- Kato. Heishichi. A worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Kato Yasubiyoye.
- Kato. Yasubiyoye. A worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Kaji Tsunekichi.
- Kawai. Yoritake. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Kyoto. The Soken Kisho says: “He was a sculptor of idols by profession. His netsuke are exceedingly clever and well finished, and always show some peculiarity of style. He may be classed as an artist of special originality, and his works will certainly increase in value as years go by.”
- Kazaoka. Renyemon. A worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Kaji Tsunekichi.
- Kempaku. (d. 1820.) Joyetsu. Metal-founder.
- Kensai. 19th cent. (d. 1592.) A net-
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