CHISELLERS
Younger brother of the celebrated Masanaga, whose name he sometimes used. Yedo.
- Nobutatsu. Hayashi. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Tokai.
- Nobutsugu. Yoshioka. 1710. Choyemon. Called also Sōin. A great expert. According to the Soken Kisho he was called Munenori. Yedo.
- Nobutsune. Nakai. 1620. Bunyemon. The first of the Nakai family who worked in Hagi, Nagato province, and therefore the originator of the celebrated Chōshiu guards (iron).
- Nobuyasu. Saotomo. 1530. A pupil of Miyōchin Nobuiye. Worked in Mito, where for many generations his family enjoyed the reputation of skilled armourers.
- Nobuyoshi. Washizu. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Obtained the art title of Hōgen.
- Nobuyoshi. Miyōchin. 1550. A celebrated metal-worker. Kamakura. Received the title of Hokkyo, and afterwards of Hōgen.
- Noriaki. Noda. 1815. Shirobei. Called himself Saiyōshin. A skilled carver and an able painter. Yedo.
- Norikuni. Miyōchin. 1560. A well-known expert. Kozuke.
- Norikyo. Goto. 1650. Shichibei. Kaga.
- Norimasa. Nakagawa. 1750. A pupil of Noriyuki (Hamano). Yedo.
- Norinao. Muneta. 1640. Matabei. Art name, Dōki. A celebrated expert. He invented a special and particularly difficult style of nanako called daimiyo-nanako, in which the lines of nanako alternate with lines of polished ground. He is supposed to be the only expert who succeeded thoroughly in such work. Kyoto.
- Norinobu. Hamano. 1790. Kimbei. A skilled artist. Used two of the art names employed by Shōzui, viz., Otsuriuken and Miboku.
- Norisada. Shōami. 1500. A Kyoto expert. His era is uncertain, and he is sometimes spoken of as the second founder of the Shōami family, though that position is more commonly assigned to Takatsune (q. v.).
- Norishige. Miyōchin. 1560. A skilled expert. Kozuke.
- Noriyori. Hamano. 1750. Chiugoro. A pupil of Shōzui, and a celebrated expert. A carving by him on the stone gate of Tentoku-ji cemetery of the Unshiu Daimiyo is one of the finest works of the kind in Japan. It represents the sixteen Disciples of Buddha, and was designed by the painter, Sasawa Hōin. Yedo.
- Noriyuki. Hamano. 1740. A pupil of Shōzui (Masayuki), but his style resembles that of Jōi. An artist of the highest skill. Yedo.
- Noriyuki. Nakamura. 1770. Gensuke. A pupil of the celebrated Nakahara Yukinori. Nagato.
- Ogiya. Katsuhira. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Seiriyōken.
- Ohori. Masatoshi. 19th cent. (d. 1897.) A celebrated Uchimonoshi (metal-hammerer) of Tokyo.
- Oishi. Akichika. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Okada. Setsuga. Present day. A highly skilled metal-chiseller of Tokyo. Has carved sword-furniture for the Emperor, and also diadems for the Emperor and Empress.
- Okando. Vide Teruhiko (Murata).
- Okazawa. Yeiseuke. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Chōshiu.
- Okimichi. Tokioka. 1680. Tōsuke. Kyoto.
- Okinari. Horiye. 1750. Yajiuro. Art name, Isshiken. A pupil of the celebrated Shōzui. An artist of the first rank. Yedo.
- Okiyoshi. 1770. Horiiye. Yaichiro. Son of Okinari, and a skilled artist. Served the feudal chief of Awa and worked in Yedo.
- Okutsugu. Yoshioka. 1670. Hide-no-suke. Yedo.
- Onishi. Hideo Naomura. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Ontaiken. Vide Motochika (Fujita).
- Osaki. Toshiaki. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Otsuki. Family name. Vide Kwōrin.
- Otsuriuken. Vide Masayori, Kaneyori, Norinobu, and Masanobu.
- Rakurakusai. Vide Katsuyoshi.
- Rakusuido. Vide Tsunenari.
- Ranzan. Vide Tsuneyuki.
- Reijō. Goto. 1650. Mitsuchika. Kyoto.
- Rengetsutei. Vide Toshikage.
- Renjō. Goto. 1650. Tenth of the great Goto Masters.
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