ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CHISELLERS
OF SWORD-FURNITURE
- Adachi. Yusai. 19th cent. Yedo.
- Akao. Family name: vide Yoshistugu Tashichi.
- Akihiro. 19 cent. Yedo.
- Akushi. Tamagawa. 1700. Founder of the Tamagawa family of Mito.
- Aoki. Family name: vide Harustura.
- Aoyagi. Family name: vide Yoshimitsu.
- Arakawa. Ikki. 19th cent. (d. 1895.) A Tokyo metal-chiseller of the highest skill.
- Arichika. Kimura. 1850. A skilled artist of Tokyo, pupil of Yasuchika (the 6th generation from Tō-u).
- Arinobu. 19 cent. Owari.
- Aritsune. 19th cent. Yedo. Art name, Kakutei.
- Asanji. Watanabe. 1780. Toyama.
- Atsuoki. 18th and 19th cent. Art name, Sensai.
- Atsuoki. Sasayama. 1860. Art name, Ichigyosai. A Kyoto expert of high rank. One of the best carvers of the 19th cent.
- Ayabe. Masayuki. 19th cent. Yedo.
- Bikwan. Vide Katahiro.
- Bunji. 1700. An expert; in the service of the feudal chief of Owari.
- Bunjo. Goto. 1690. Kyoto.
- Bunsui. Yoshida. 1650. At first called Nomura Rokubei. A pupil of Goto Renjō, an expert of the first rank. Specimens bearing his name are found not infrequently, but they are all forgeries, as he is known never to have marked any of his work. Kyoto.
- Buzen. Yoshioka. 1740. An artist who worked for the Tokugawa Court. Yedo.
- Chiba. Tomotane. 19th cent. A metal-worker of Yedo.
- Chikaatsu. Yoshioka. 1690. Otojiri. Yedo.
- Chikatomo. Yoshioka. 1670. Wakichi. A pupil of Kiyasugu. (Yoshioka.) Yedo.
- Chikatsugu. Yoshioka. 1700. Yedo.
- Chikayoshi. Ishiguro. 1840. Mannosuke. Yedo.
- Chikuzanken. Vide Matosada. (Ogawa.)
- Chiruiken. Vide Takahiro. (Yasui.)
- Chitomo. Chiyo. 1760. Called also Chiusuke. An expert of Tsuyama.
- Chiubei. Iwamoto. 1680. Founded the Iwamoto family of Yedo. Worked in Yedo.
- Chiubei. Tokaya. 1700. A pupil of Somin. Yedo.
- Chiubei. 1650. Saburohei. A skilled artist of Kaga, in the employ of the feudal chief of that province.
- Chiusaku. 1700. An artist of Yechizen, who worked skilfully in the Kinai style.
- Chōbei. Kikugawa. 1720. Muneyoshi. An artist of the highest skill in the Shizumebori style. He chiselled flowers, especially chrysanthemums, with such ability that the term Ckōbei-Kiku (Chobei chrysanthemum) came to be generally applied to fine work of that class. His son and grandson had the same name and worked in similar style. Yedo.
- Chōjō. Goto. 1590. Commonly called Shichibei. Son of Goto Kojo and founder of the Kami-Goto family, Kyoto, and afterwards Mino.
- Chokuzui. Vide Naoyori.
- Chōkwaku. Goto. 1700. Nothing certain is known about this expert. He is said to have been adopted into the Shōami family, and he worked in Kyoto.
- Chōōken. Vide Motomori (Nemoto).
- Chōroku. Shōami. 1820. An expert of Aizu.
- Chōsendo. Vide Terumitsu (Omori).
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