CHISELLERS
great Miyochin Yoshihisa, and many of his masterpieces have been sold in foreign markets as Miyochin’s work. Formerly he was employed solely by Yamanaka, the well-known dealer of Osaka, and subsequently by Sano of Tokyo.
- Ito. Vide Masanaga and Masatsune.
- Ito. Shoyei. Present day. Metal-sculptor. Pupil of Unno Shōmin.
- Ito, Katsumi. Masatatsu. Present day. A metal sculptor of the highest skill. Tenth representative of the Ito family founded by Ito Masanaga, who with all his descendants, down to the present representative, were makers of sword guards for the Tokugawa Shōguns. A pupil of the celebrated Toriusai, his early years (he was born in 1829), were devoted to chiselling sword-furniture. In 1860, he was adopted into the Ito family, his rival for that honour having been the equally celebrated Kano Natsuo. From 1864 he was directed by the Shōguns to inscribe the name Katsumi upon his guards, etc., but in later years he used the mark Taikiu. After the Restoration (1867) he devoted his chisel to carving metal objects suited to the changed tastes of the time; as plaques, paper-weights, book-markers, etc.
- Itoku. Vide Masanori.
- Ittoku. Tsuji. 1750. Gendayu. Art name, Ransuido. An expert of Omi.
- Ittosai. Vide Teruhide (Omori).
- Iwama. Masayoshi. 19th cent. A metal worker of Yedo.
- Iyefusa. Miyochin. 1560. Pupil of the celebrated Nobuiye, and a great expert. Odawara.
- Iyehisa. Miyochin. 1600. A great expert. Sagami.
- Iyemori. Shōami. 1790. A kyoto expert skilled in inlaying with gold.
- Iyenori. Saotome. 1550. A pupil of the celebrated Nobuiye and a skilled expert. Hitachi.
- Iyesada. 1560. Highly skilled for chiselling à jour. Said to have been a pupil of Nobuiye.
- Iyesada. Shōami. 1670. An expert of Matsuyama in Iyo.
- Iyetaka. Vide Shigeyoshi Tsunetada.
- Izawa. Tadatsura. 19th cent. (d. 1875.) A metal-worker of Nagoya, particularly skilled in producing the tama-mokume grain; which is obtained by putting balls (tama) of different metal into a cylinder, heating the latter red, and then beating the whole mass together.
- Jakui. Vide Katsuhisa. (Kuwamura.)
- Jakushi. Vide Kizayemon.
- Jichikuken. Vide Motonaga, (Ogawa).
- Jidayu. Wakabayashi. 1710. Ozawa. Toyama.
- Jikakushi. Vide Koreyoshi.
- Jikiyokusai. Vide Masakiyo.
- Jikokusai. Vide Masatsune.
- Jikosai. Vide Masayoshi.
- Jikyo-sai. One of the art names of Ishiguro Masayoshi.
- Jimiyo. Vide Masatsune.
- Jimpo. Nomura. 1750. Tsu Hachiyemon. Generally known as Tsu Jimpo. A pupil of Masanori. (Nomura.) A grand artist; one of the greatest masters. He died in 1762 at the age of 52. Kyoto. (Many imitations of his work exist.)
- Jingo. 1630. A guard-maker of Yatsushiro. His specialty was inlaying iron with brass designs in high relief. Hence guards in that style are called jingo-tsuba.
- Jinyemon. Vide Mitsuaki.
- Jinyemon. Goto. 1550. Founded the Noto branch of the Goto family, but afterwards lived and worked in Kaga. A great expert.
- Jiriuken. Vide Teruaki. (Yokoya.)
- Jiriuken. Miyaki. 1720. A pupil of Sōyō. His early work is mediocre, but in his later years he carved grandly. Yedo.
- Jiriuken. Vide Tsuneyuki.
- Jiriusai. Vide Toshiharu.
- Jiriyusai. Vide Tsuneyuki.
- Jiro-saku-bori. Vide Kuninaga and Yoshishige.
- Jitekisai. Vide Yoshisato.
- Jitsujō. Goto. 1660. Kyoto.
- Jiujiro. Suzuki. 1840. A skilled expert of Tokyo.
- Jiuyemon. Kurose. 1650. A pupil of Goto Renjō. Kyoto.
- Jizaburo. Tamagawa. 1800. Worked in Mito.
- Jizan. Vide Nagayoshi.
- Jōchi. Sasaki. 1630. Shobei. A pupil of Goto Yenjō. Kyoto.
- Jōchiku. Isono. 1630. Originally called Matsuya Bunyemon, but afterwards Kozayemon. A celebrated expert
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