CHISELLERS
- Masatsugu. Umetada. 1700. A Kyoto expert, famous for inlaying shakudo with gold. He always marked his work “Yamashiro.”
- Masatsugu. Nomura. 1760. Magoshichi. His original family name was Nakamura. A great expert. Yedo.
- Masatsugu. Vide Kenjō.
- Masatsune. Nomura. 1800. Masagoro. A nanako expert. Yedo.
- Masatsune. Ishiguro. 1780. Shusuke. Called himself Kimiyo, Togakushi and Jikokusai. He was also known as Koretsune. One of the greatest artists of modern times. Born 1759, died 1828. Celebrated for his bronze carvings as well as for his sword-mounts. Yedo.
- Masatsune. Ishiguro. 1800. Taminosuke. Son of Togakushi, and nearly as great an artist as his father. Yedo. Art name, Keisai.
- Masatsune. Ito. 1710. Jinyemon, or Jinzaburo. A celebrated Yedo expert, guard-maker to the Shōguns’ Court. His decoration à jour is marvellously delicate, not inferior to that of the best Kinai work.
- Masatsune. Igarashi. 1680. A skilled expert of Higo; supposed to have been the ninth in descent from Kaneiye. His art name was Tetsubaku.
- Masatsune. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Seisai.
- Masaya. Nomura. 1700. Shōyemon. Called also Tomoyoshi or Yuki. A great expert, celebrated for his combination of metals forming the rare and beautiful mokume (wood-grain) grounds. He entered the service of the feudal chief of Awa and settled in Tokushima.
- Masayasu. Ikagawa. 1800. Gensbichi. He called himself Yōshōdō. Celebrated for chiselling ornamental designs on the blades of swords. Mino.
- Masayasu. Hirata. 1720. Yahachiro. A maker of iron guards inlaid with gold. Awa Province.
- Masayori. Hamano. 1740. Tarobei. His name is generally pronounced Shōzui. A pupil of the celebrated Nara Toshihisa, whose fame he rivals. He did not create a style of his own, but his work is strong, delicate, and full of artistic beauty. He called himself, Otsuruiken, Miboku, Kankyo, Rifūdō Shijun, Yūkotei, Shūhōsai, Hankeishi, Isshunan, Gyokkeisha, and Keito. Worked in Yedo and died in 1769.
- Masayori. Vide Hiyobu Hōgen.
- Masayoshi. Nomura. 1710. Kahiro. Called also Suihaku. Yedo.
- Masayoshi. Nomura. 1790. Kotōji. Called also Ichiunsai. A great expert. Yedo.
- Masayoshi. 1820. Isuke. A Samurai who became a pupil of Tomomasa Daishido. Yedo.
- Masayoshi. Tsuchiya. 1770. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Masayoshi. Ishiguro. 1830. Shōzō. Called himself Jikosai. A pupil of Jimiya, and a skilled expert. Yedo.
- Masayoshi. Nara. 1750. Called commonly Shōzui Bozu (the old man Shōzui). A pupil of Masayori (Shōzui), celebrated for imitating old works. Yedo.
- Masayoshi. Ito. 1750. Jinyemon or Matakichiro. An expert of Yedo, grandson of Masatsune (Ito).
- Masayoshi. Nomura. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Masayuki. Nomura. 1710. Shōjiro. Called also Riyōyen. Yedo.
- Masayuki (sometimes called Masafusa). Tsuji. 1680. Shōjiro. Pupil of Tsuji Masachika (the first). Yedo. He founded a branch family, that of Fujiki, and took the name of Fujikikohachi. Afterwards he called himself Ryō-yei.
- Masuya. Kuhei. Vide Kuninaga.
- Masuya. Kichibei. Vide Kichibei.
- Masuya. Yohei. Vide Yohei.
- Masuya. Uhei. Vide Jōkwō.
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- Masuya Kuyemon (or Kihei). Vide Munemine.
- Matabei. Muneta. 1540. There were three of this name in the family. The second (1560) is celebrated as the first maker of Go-no-me nanako. The third used the mark Dōi. Vide also, Norinao and Naomichi. Kyoto.
- Matashichi. Muneta. 1560. Vide also, Naoshige. Kyoto.
- Matashichi. Shōami. 1700. The date is uncertain. An expert of Chikuzen.
- Matazayemon. Muneta. 1520. There
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