ARTIST ARTIZANS
Called also Jippōken Taiyō, or Shōjū Koretaka.
- Yamada. Heiyemon. 18th and 19th cent. (d. 1810.) A celebrated carver of Naraningyo. Commonly called Hōhaku, and also Shinniu Sōjun Zenjōmon. The carving of Naraningyo is said to have reached its zenith in his time. He used the mark Shōjū. Being adopted into the Yamada family, he and his descendants used that name.
- Yamada. Heiyemon. 18th and 19th cent. (d. 1825.) The most celebrated of all the carvers of Naraningyo. Called Sempō Dōyen Shinji, and also Chōkoku no Shōjū Yasuhisa (Shōjū Yasuhisa, the sculptor). His art name was Gyōgetsu. The painters, Nagasa Rosetsu and Mori Sosen, lived for a time in his house in order to study the forms of monkeys and deer at Nara.
- Yamada. Shōmin. Present day. A netsuke-carver of Nagoya; pupil of Masakazu.
- Yamada. Gorobei Munemitsu. Present day. A metal-sculptor of Kaga celebrated for skill in répoussé work; tenth in descent from Yamada Ichiyemon Iyemasa (q. v.).
- Yamada. Gorobei Muneyoshi. Present day. Son of Yamada Munemitsu.
- Yamada. Ichiyemon Iyemasa. 16th and 17th cent. An armourer of Kanazawa (Kaga), specially skilled in inlaying with gold and silver. The Yamada family continued to work as armourers through nine generations. The present representative makes vases, etc., decorated in the répoussé style with addition of inlaying. The eight generations after Iyemasa were:
- Yamada Iyetada Jiyemon (d. 1630).
- Yamada„ Iyesada Gorobei (d. 1655).
- Yamada„ Iyetsugu Ichiyemon (d. 1685).
- Yamada„ Iyenaga Jinyemon (d. 1720).
- Yamada„ Nagakatsu Gorobei (d. 1760).
- Yamada„ Nagamoto Sanyemon (d. 1810).
- Yamada„ Nagayo Gorobei (d. 1840).
- Yamada„ Iyemitsu Gorobei (d. 1860).
- Yamaguchi. Okamoto. 19th cent. (d. 1875.) A netsuke-carver of Kyoto, highly skilled in carving rats, puppies, snakes, quail, etc.
- Yamaguchi. Tomochika. First half of 19th cent. A great netsuke-carver.
- Yamashiro. 17th cent. A contemporary and fellow-worker of Yamada Iyemasa (q. v.). Commonly known as Hori Jōho, Hori being his original family name before he adopted that of Yamashiro. He was also called Yasuke or Yagoro. A great metal-founder.
- Yamashiro. (2d.) 17th cent. Art name, Jōyei; common name, Yasuke. Metal-founder.
- Yamashiro. (3d.) 17th cent. Art name, Jōmin. Called also Hori Yosai. Metal-founder.
- Yamashiro. Ichibei. 18th and 19th cent. Younger brother of Hori Yosai. Metal-founder.
- Yamashiro. Tobei. 18th and 19th cent. Younger brother of Hori Yosai. Metal-founder.
- Yamazaki. Chōun. Present day. A wood-carver of Tokyo.
N.B. Shiukai, UnKai, Reiun, and Chōun, follow European methods, making their models in plaster of Paris before proceeding to carve the subject in wood or stone.
- Yasui. Yahioye. A worker in cloisonné enamel; pupil of Tsukamoto Kaisuke.
- Yasumori. 19th cent. (d. 1845.) A worker in cloisonné enamel.
- Yasumoto. Kamehachi. Present day. Wood-carver of Kumamoto who works in the style of Yamamoto Kisaburo (q. v.).
- Yemon. Tazayemon. 16th cent. A wood carver of Nara, commissioned by the Taikō to carve a shima-dai for the entertainment of the Emperor at the Palace of Pleasure. A maker of Nara-ningyo.
- Yemon. Tazayemon. 12th cent. Called also Uyemon Taro. A wood-carver, said to have been the first to chisel Nara-ningyo.
- Yoneharu. Unkai. Present day. A sculptor of Tokyo, modern school. He works in wood, and also in a stone called Kansei-seki (found in Mito), which is of fine texture and can be chiselled so as to give strong effects of light and shade.
- Yoshida. Munetoshi. Present day. Ivory-carver of Tokyo.
- Yoshida. Suketomo. 19th cent. Wood-carver of Yedo.
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