CHISELLERS
- Motoyasu. Yasuyama. 1790. Yasujiro. Mito.
- Motoyori. Hida. 1810. Ichijiro. A pupil of Tōhōken. Mito.
- Motoyoshi. Yamagata. 1810. A pupil of Tōhōken. Mito.
- Motoyoshi. Sasaki. 1780. Chiuji. Pupil of Sekijoken. Mito.
- Motoyuki. Watahiro. 1780. Hikosaburo. Mito.
- Motoyuki. Suzuga. 1800. Gensuke. Pupil of Tankusai. Mito.
- Motozumi. Yasuyama. 1760. Shinzayemon. Also called Sekijoken, and afterwards Tōgū. An artist of the highest skill, celebrated for chiselling figures in Chinese and Japanese style in shibuichi. He also carved mountain genii (sennin) with grand power and delicacy in the style of Joi. It is on record that he copied many of the old masterpieces. Lived in Mito, but often visited Yedo. Died at the age of 90 (1791), and worked vigorously on his 88th birthday. His son Tozaburo (also called Shinyemon) carved in the same style but with inferior ability. Mito.
- Mukai. Shoko. Present day. An expert sculptor in metal. Pupil of Unno Shōmin.
- Muneaki. Nomura. 1730. Sōkuro. Art name, Jumeishi. Hikone.
- Muneaki. Nomura. 1730. His name is also pronounced Sōken. Called also Yumeishi. A pupil of Kanenori (Nomura). Worked at Hikone.
- Munechika. Miyōchin. 18th cent. Metal-worker of Matsuye (in Haruta).
- Munechika. Tachibana and Fujiwara. 1000. At first called Nakamune. The founder of the Umetada family. A nobleman who employed his leisure in forging swords, and thus came to be called Sanjo no Kokaji (the amateur forger of Sanjo). There is no evidence that he made sword-furniture, but he is included in this list as he founded one of the families of repute. He was born in 960 and died in 1030. The name Umetada was not adopted until the nineteenth generation after Munechika, namely, the time of Shigemune.
- Munefusa. Fujita. 1650. Date uncertain. Younger brother of Fujita Munehisa and a skilled expert. Kaga.
- Munehiro. Vide Sōkwan.
- Munehisa. Fujita. 1640. Date uncertain. Danyemon. A skilled expert. Younger brother of Umetada Nobufusa. Kaga.
- Munehisa. Sōami. 1650. Yumeishi. A pupil of Sōden. Worked at Hikone.
- Munemasa. 1710. Kaheiji. A pupil of Sōmin. Carver to Matsudaira, feudal chief of Hizen.
- Munemasa. Inouye. 1650. Kyoto.
- Munemime. Uyemura. 1720. Kuyemon or Kihei. A great expert. Called also Sōhō, and commonly Masuya Kihei. Renowned for carving warriors. Kyoto.
- Munemochi. Alternative pronunciation of Sōyu. Vide Toshiharu (Nara).
- Munenaga. 1690. Kuroji. Son of Munetsugu Jiro. Kaga.
- Munenori. 1770. Bennosuke. A pupil of Tetsuya Gembei. Kyoto.
- Munenori. Miyōchin. 1540. A maker of guards. He was remarkably skilled in tempering iron. His guards generally have, on the face, Tosa no Kuni-ju Miyōchin Munenori (Miyochin Munenori residing in Tosa), and on the reverse, Shinto Gotesuren (five times wrought iron, Shintō).
- Munenori. Alternative pronunciation of Sōden (q. v.).
- Munenori. Vide Nobutsugu.
- Munenori. 1770. Bennosuke. A pupil of Tetsuya Gembei. Kyoto.
- Munesuke. Ki. 1640. Known as Miyōchin Osumi no Kami (Miyōchin Lord of Osumi). A descendant of Nobuiye and a skilled expert. Yedo.
- Muneto. Family name. Vide Naomichi.
- Munetoki. Umetada. 1830. Shichizayemon. Representative of the thirty-fifth generation of the Umetada family. Worked in Yedo.
- Munetoshi. Nara. 1720. Son of Toshinaga, fourth representative of the Nara family.
- Munetsugu. 1670. Jiro; son of Muneyoshi Hiyōbu. Kaga.
- Munetsugu. Yoshioka. 1690. Chōjiro, or Chōyemon. Afterwards called Sōkei. Yedo.
- Munetsugu. Yoshioka. 1820. Bungon. Yedo.
- Muneyoshi. 1650. Hiyōbu. Went from Fushimi to Kaga in the year 1645. A great expert. Received an allowance of one hundred bags of rice
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