CHISELLERS
- Masahide. Ishiguro. 1840. Called Shogutei. Yedo.
- Masahide. Nomura. 18th cent. Metal-worker of Hikone.
- Masahide. Nomura. 1780. Hidegoro. Yedo.
- Masahide. Nomura. 1770. Sadashiro. Pupil of Masatsugu (Nomura). Yedo.
- Masahide. Nomura. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Masahira. 1730. Kanshichi, successor of Shigetsugu Kihachiro. Kaga.
- Masahiro. Ichiguro. 1820. Matakichi. Called himself Gantōshi, Keiho, Kwakujusai, and Kōriusha. A grand artist. Yedo.
- Masahiro. Ito. 1850. An expert of Yedo.
- Masahisa. Tamagawa. 1790. Bumpei. Mito.
- Masakata. Ito. 1730. Genjiro. Son of Masatsune (Ito), and scarcely inferior to his father as an expert in carving à jour. Yedo and Bushiu.
- Masakatsu. Minagawa. 1840. Genjiro. Yedo.
- Masakatsu. Okada. 1740. Zenzayemon. Hagi.
- Masakazu. Okamoto. 1730. Kohei. Hagi.
- Masakazu. Tsuji. 1810. Genzō. Yedo.
- Masakiyo. Ishiguro. 1830. Wasaburo. Called himself Jikiyopusai. A skilled expert of Yedo.
- Masakiyo. Shōami. 1690. Worked at Wakamatsu in Aizu.
- Masakuni. Nomura. 1770. Pupil of Masatsugu (Nomura). Yedo.
- Masamichi. Nomura. 1730. Chotaku. Carver to the feudal chief of Awa. Tokushima.
- Masamitsu. Nomura. 1760. Magoshichi. A pupil of Masatsugu. A celebrated expert. Yedo.
- Masamitsu. Vide Yeijō.
- Masamitsu. Kanedo. 1630. Kichi-no-jō. A celebrated Shitabori-shi, or preliminary chiseller who blocked out designs for the finishing expert. Kanazawa (Yedo).
- Masamori. Hosono. 1600. Sōzayemon, or Yoshimasa. An expert of Kyoto, celebrated for having been the first to develop the capabilities of Kebori-zogan, or hair-line inlaying. His chiselling in relief is also very fine, and, on the whole, he belongs to the highest rank of artists.
- Masanaga. Ito. 1700. Jingozayemon. Founder of the Ito family, which thenceforth enjoyed the distinction of making sword-guards for the Shōguns.
- Masanaga. Tamagawa. 1780. Bumpei. Lived first in Mito (Hitachi) and afterwards in Yedo. A great expert, not inferior to his father Yoshinaga.
- Masanaga. Ishiguro. 1840. Yeisuke. Yedo.
- Masanaga. Nara. 1730. Shichirozayemon. A pupil of Toshinaga (Chikan). A celebrated expert. Yedo.
- Masanaga. Nara. 1750. Pupil of Toshihisa. Used the mark Masaharu at first and afterwards that of Seiroku. An expert of the highest repute. His autumn landscapes, in which a mantis and eularia (suzuki) occupy the foreground, are celebrated for strength and delicacy.
- Masanaga. Nara. 1740. Son of Masanaga, the first of the Nara family, but not so skilled as his father.
- Masanaka. Nara. 1750. Pupil of Masachika. (Nara.) Yedo.
- Masanaka. Kuwabara. 1750. Tokuzayemon. A pupil of Nara Masanaga. Yedo.
- Masanaka. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Hakushusai.
- Masanao. Nomura. 18th and 19th cent. Metal-worker of Hikone.
- Masanao. Shimada. 1740. Kensui Shodayu. A great expert. Toyama (Yetchiu).
- Masanao. Nomura. 1720. Originally Wakabayashi Masagoro. A pupil of Masamitsu (Nomura). Yedo.
- Masanari. Ito. 1820. An expert of Yedo.
- Masanobu. Ito. 1680. Commonly called Tsuba-ya Tasuke, or “Tasuke, the guard maker.” A skilled expert of Kyoto. Not a member of the Ito family proper.
- Masanobu. Goto. 1630. Adopted by the painter Tanyu, and raised to the rank of Hokkyo in recognition of his excellence. Signed some of his work Tōun. Kyoto.
- Masanobu. 1750. Kambei. Son of Masahira Kanshichi. Kaga.
- Masanobu. Nara. 1750. Zenji. Called
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