ARTIST ARTIZANS
- Shiukai. Present day. Wood-carver of Tokyo. (Vide Yamazaki.)
- Shiura. Itataro. Present day. Wood and ivory carver of Tokyo.
- Shokiusai. 19th cent. (d. 1860.) A skilled netsuke-shi, much of whose work has gone abroad, as it was originally produced for low prices.
- Shoko. Present day. A netsuke-carver of Takayama; pupil of Sukeyuki.
- Shōmin. Vide Unno Shōmin.
- Shōminsai. End of 18th cent. Netsuke-carver.
- Shōsai. Hidemasa. 19th cent. (d. 1875.) A netsuke-shi of Yedo (Tokyo).
- Shōtoku. 6th and 7th cent. Generally spoken of as Shōtoku Taishi (Prince Shōtoku). Said to have been a skilful wood-sculptor.
- Shōun. Present day. An expert sculptor of wood or ivory alcove ornaments in Kyoto.
- Shūzan. 18th cent. The first recorded carver of netsuke; had the art title of Hōgen, on account of his skill as a painter. He was, in fact, the painter Mitsuoki. (Vide text.)
- Sōbei. 18th cent. A younger son of Nagoya Santen. (q. v.) Metal-founder. His family name was Shimoma, and his personal name Masakatsu.
- Sōbei. 18th cent. Son of above. Art name, Mijo. Celebrated for the manufacture of urns in the shape of tortoises, demons, cicada, etc. Metal-founder.
- Sōbei. 18th cent. Art name, Misen. Son of Sōbei Mijō. Jakiu. Metal-founder.
- Sokwa. Heishiro. 18th cent. A netsuke-carver of Osaka. The Soken Kisho says: “By profession an architectural carver, he derived his soubriquet, Sōkwa (plants and flowers), from the remarkable ability he displayed in chiselling leaves, blossoms, etc. He was an adept carver of netsuke, but his works are very rare.”
- Somada. Nobuyoshi. 17th and 18th cent. A wood-carver who ornamented his work with a delicate inlaying of mother-of-pearl, and was consequently known as Aogai (Mother of pearl) no Somada.
- Sōmin. 19th cent. A great bronze-caster of Tokyo, pupil of Teijo and Seimin. Sōmin is his art name.
- Suginaga. Chikayuki. (d. 1882.) Netsuke-carver of Tokyo. His work is called Asakusa-ningyo as he lived at Asakusa in Tokyo.
- Sukenaga. 19th cent. (d. 1855.) A skilled netsuke-carver of Takayama.
- Sukeyuki. 19th cent. (d. 1885). A netsuke-carver of Takayama, son of Sukenaga.
- Suwara. Seizayemon. 18th cent. (d. 1783.) A bronze-caster of Yedo.
- Suwara. Hatsugoro. 18th and 19th cent. A bronze-caster of Yedo.
- Suwara. Matagoro. 18th and 19th cent. (d. 1818.) A bronze-caster of Yedo.
- Suwara. Hatsugoro. 19th cent. (d. 1836.) A bronze-caster of Yedo. Another bronze-caster of the same name worked in Yedo sixty years later, (d. 1892.) He was a great-grandson of the above, and had the art name of Jūdō.
- Suwara. Kitaro. 19th cent. (d. 1871.) A skilled bronze-caster of Tokyo.
- Suwara. Yasugoro. Vide Gido.
- Suzuki. Kamekichi. Present day. A wood-carver of Tokyo, who produces masks for the foreign market.
- Suzuki. Kichigoro. Present day. Inventor of the antimony ware now largely produced in Japan.
- Suzuki. A worker in cloisonné enamels. There were two of this family name, and both were pupils of Kaji Tsunekichi. Their second names were Shinbyoye and Seiichijiro.
- Suzuki. Chōkichi. Present day. A skilled metal-founder of Tokyo.
- Suzuki. Heijiro. Present day. Wood-carver in the style of Matsumoto Kisaburo, (q. v.) whose pupil he was.
- Suzuki. Masakichi. Present day. A bronze-founder of Tokyo.
- Suzuki. Seven generations of this family lived and worked in Yedo, the seventh, Suzuki Gensuke being the present representative. The first six manufactured chiefly metal pen-cases (yatate) for the girdle, incense-boxes, etc. They used the mark Genshin. The present representative is a skilled metal-worker (uchi-mono-shi). His art names are Reigensai and Suzugen.
- Tadatoshi. 19th cent. (beginning). A netsuke-carver of Nagoya.
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