ARTIST ARTIZANS
suke-carver of Nagoya; pupil of Masakazu.
- Kichibiyoye. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver.
- Kikugawa. Masamitsu. Present day. A skilled ivory-carver of Tokyo.
- Kimura. Heiji. Vide Tōun.
- Kimura. Yokichi. Worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Hara Fujio.
- Kobayashi. Shokei. Present day. A netsuke-carver of Nagoya; pupil of Masakazu.
- Kodani. 19th cent. (d. 1865.) A netsuke-shi of Osaka.
- Kōhōsai. 19th cent. (d. 1882.) A netsuke-carver of Osaka; pupil of Mitsuhiro.
- Kōjiro. (d. 1778.) Metal-founder.
- Kujutsu. 19th cent. (d. 1890.) A skilled netsuke-shi of Tokyo; pupil of Hōjutsu.
- Kōkei. Nine generations of this family lived and worked in Yedo, where they were regarded as highly skilled busshi. The Yedo family, a branch of the Nara Kōhei, goes back to the middle of the 17th century. Its records are obscure, but the representatives are said to have borne the names Kōhei and Zenkei in alternate generations. Several of them had the art rank of Hōkyo. The ninth representative was the teacher of Hōzan and Hōun.
- Kōmin. 19th cent. (1865.) A netsuke-shi of Osaka.
- Konoki. Tokutaro. Present day. Wood-carver in the style of Yamamoto Kisaburo (q.v.); the inventor of a species of very durable lacquer for covering sculptures. Works in Tokyo.
- Koyoken. Yoshinaga. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Kyoto.
- Kōzui. 17th cent. Pupil of Nogoshi Masataka. Metal-founder.
- Kuhei. 17th cent. Family name Nishimura, and commonly called Iyehisa. A pupil of Jomi (Nagoya Sansho).
- Kuribara. Keisai. 19th cent. (d. 1868.) A skilled bronze-caster of Yedo.
- Kurobei. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver. The Soken Kisho says: “He lived in Nagamachi, Osaka, and produced colored netsuke, imitating the glyptic style of Shuzan, to whom, however, he was much inferior.”
- Kuwamura. Tsunejiro. Worker in cloisonné enamels; pupil of Hara Fujio.
- Maizono. Genwo. 19th cent. (d. 1870.) A worker in cloisonné enamels of Kanazawa (in Kaga). Celebrated for his enamels in the Chinese style.
- Manjiya. Hisayasu. 17th and 18th cent. A skilled wood-carver of Toyama. The successive representatives of this family followed the profession of wood-sculptors until modern times.
- Masaharu. (d. 1880.) Yagoro. Metal-founder.
- Masakazu. 19th cent. (d. 1885.) A netsuke-carver of Nagoya; highly skilled.
- Masakira. (d. 1828.) Kemmei or Ippusan. Metal-founder.
- Masamichi. (d. 1762.) Yagoro. Metal-founder.
- Masanao. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Kyoto. The Soken Kisho says: “His skill in carving was great. He worked in both ivory and wood, and his productions are much prized.”
- Masanobu. 19th cent. Netsuke-carver. Kyoto.
- Masataka. (d. 1851.) Gonjiro and Yagoro. Metal-founder.
- Masatoshi. 19th cent. (d. 1880.) A netsuke-carver of Nagoya.
- Masatsugu. Present day. A netsuke-carver of Osaka; grandson of Kaigyokusai.
- Masatsune. 19th cent. (d. 1846.) A celebrated bronze-caster of Yedo.
- Masayoshi. (d. 1865.) Yagoro. Metal-founder.
- Masayoshi. 19th cent. (d. 1859.) A netsuke-shi of Osaka.
- Masayoshi. (d. 1746.) Yagoro. Metal-founder.
- Masayuki. 19th cent. (d. 1894.) A netsuke-carver of Osaka; pupil of Kaigyokusai.
- Matsuda. Ryōchō. 19th cent. Netsuke-carver of Takayama is Hida.
- Matayemon. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Kishiu. The Soken Kisho says: “He had skill of a very high order, and even now (1781), when good netsuke are found, dealers are fond of attributing them to Matayemon of Kishiu.”
- Matsumoto. Kisaburo. (d. 1890.) A wood-carver of remarkable force; originator of the natural school (vide text).
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