CHISELLERS
and employed by the feudal chief of Mito.
- Tomoyoshi. 1820. Vide Yoshiaki.
- Tomoyoshi. Kikugawa. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Ichiriusai.
- Tomoyuki. Nakai. 1700. Zembei. Hagi.
- Tomoyuki. Nakai. 1660. Zensuke. First of the Nakai family to carve figures, birds, animals, etc., and therefore the originator of the elaborately chiselled iron guards of Choshiu. Hagi.
- Toriusai. Okano. 1850. Kijiro. A Yedo expert of the highest skill. One of the greatest sculptors of sword-furniture in the nineteenth century. In 1846 he received the art rank of Hōgen. Called also Kijiro.
- Toshichi. 1720. A pupil of Masu-ya Kihei. Kyoto.
- Toshiharu. Nara. 1680. Employed by the Yedo Court. Famous for carving landscapes. Officially known as Echizen, and called Sōyu in his old age. One of the three celebrated masters of the Nara family, who are commonly spoken of as “three pictures en suite” (san-buku-tsui), namely, Toshiharu, Toshihisa, and Yasuchika.
- Toshihisa. Nara. 1760. Son of the celebrated Toshihisa. Yedo.
- Toshihisa. Nara. 1720. Tahei. An artist of the highest fame. He is included with Toshiharu and Yasuchika in the group of the three Nara Masters, known as the “three pictures en suite” (san-buku-tsui). The Soken Kisho says of him:—“His style was not that of either the Yokoya family or his own family. He carved plants, flowers, birds, etc., with the utmost delicacy, and is universally credited with having struck out a style of his own. The Nara school has found many imitators, but there is about Toshihisa’s work an individuality that defies imitation. Nevertheless we find specimens carefully chiselled and marked ‘Toshihisa.’ They cannot be compared to the genuine work any more than glass can be compared to diamonds.” Yedo.
- Toshikage. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Awaji. Art name, Tankai and Rengetsutei.
- Toshikatsu. Nara. 1740. Called Chikugo in his old age. Yedo.
- Toshimitsu. Watanabe. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Pupil of Toriusai.
- Toshimitsu. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Not to be confounded with Nara Toshimitsu.
- Toshimitsu. Nara. 1720. Shichirozayemon. Subsequently called Sōkan. An expert of considerable fame. Yedo.
- Toshimitsu. Vide Hisamitsu (Watanabe).
- Toshimune. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Toshimune. Nara. 1630. Son of Toshiteru. The first of the Nara experts to obtain distinction, and therefore often called the founder of the family. Called Sōtei in his old age. Yedo.
- Toshinaga. Nara. 1710. A pupil of the first Toshinaga. Yedo.
- Toshinaga. Nara. 1700. Shichizayemon. An artist of considerable skill. Called Chizan in his old age. Yedo.
- Toshinaga. 1700. An artist whose family and date are uncertain. His name is found on finely chiselled pieces, having a decoration of a catfish (numazu) and water-grasses in relief.
- Toshinaga. Fujita. 1840. An expert of Aizu, who worked in very elaborate style, but showed the inartistic features of the Aizu and Mino style.
- Toshinao. Nara. 1750. Yedo.
- Toshinobu. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Unsuiken.
- Toshioki. Kaneko. 1650. Carver to the feudal chief of Kishiu.
- Toshisada. 1720. Family, etc. unknown. A guard-maker of Sado; highly skilled whether in chiselling à jour or in relief, and in tempering iron.
- Toshishige. Nara. 1720. A pupil of the second Toshinaga. Yedo.
- Toshitayo. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Toshiteru. Nara. 1620. Founder of the Nara family of metal-workers. Moved to Yedo in 1621. Yedo.
- Toshitsugu. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
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