CHISELLERS
- Chōunsai. Yoshitane. 19th cent. A metal-worker of Yedo.
- Daimonji-ya. Vide Gorobei.
- Daisuke. Shoami. 1530. Founder of the Oshiu branch of the Shōami family. Morioka (Nambu).
- Dempachi. Muneta. 1650. Kyoto.
- Denjō. Goto. 1570. Called also Mitsuhiro, son of Goto Tokujō. Kyoto.
- Dennai. Shōami. 1600. An expert of Akita (in Dewa).
- Denzaburo. Wakabayashi. 1690. Called also Kaneko. Toyama.
- Denzaburo. Kaneko. 1690. A pupil of Goto Tsūjō. Worked at Toyama (Yetchiu).
- Denzaburo. Yokoya. 1780. Called also Tamotake, Yedo.
- Dōnin. Vide Hikoshiro. (Hirata.)
- Dopposai. Vide Mitsuyuki. (Kikuoka.)
- Dōriu. Hasebe. 1640. A pupil of Gioto Yechijō. Residence uncertain.
- Fuchō. Dainichi. 1750. An expert of Osaka, whose work is much admired by Japanese connoisseurs for chasteness and delicacy. He had some reputation as a poet.
- Fujii. Masahiko. Present day. Metal sculptor. Pupil of Unno Shōmin.
- Fujiki. Vide Masayuki (Tsuji).
- Fujiwara. Kiyotoshi. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Fukawa. Kazuo. Present day. An eminent metal-sculptor.
- Fukushige. Shōami. 1580. Worked in Owari, after the style of Yamayoshibei.
- Fūkō. Vide Takanaga (Yasui).
- Fumiyo. 1890. Art name, Kansai. A pupil of Natsuo; considered one of the best recent chisellers of iron guards.
- Funada (Katsutani). Nakazawa. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Ikkin.
- Funakoshi. Shummin. Present day. A great metal-chiseller who adopts the styles of Matsuo and Shōmin. A pupil of Ikedo Minkoku, who had been taught by Haruaki (q. v.). He took the two ideographs Haru (Shun) and Min to form his art name of Shummin. His chiselling is very fine, and he is admirably skilled in repoussé work.
- Fusamitsu. Vide Yeiju.
- Fusanao. Fujiki. 1690. Called also Kobachi. A pupil of Goto Shujo (Mitsutaka), Yedo.
- Fusanori. Miyochiu. 1560. A skilled expert. Kamakura.
- Fusayori. Hamano. 1790. Kiuzō. Known also as Yeizui. A skilled expert of Yedo. Art name, Riyochiken.
- Fusayoshi. Miyochin. 1550. A great expert. Especially celebrated for chiselling chrysanthemums à jour. Worked in Kōzuke and also in Kiushiu.
- Gakan. Fuse. 1610. A pupil of Goto Yeijō. Kyoto.
- Gammon. Vide Yoshitsune.
- Ganshoji. Vide Nagatsune.
- Gantoshi. Masuhiro.
- Geki. 1750. A skilled expert of Sendai, where chiselling is very delicate.
- Gekkindo. Vide Masatatsu.
- Gembei. Uyemura. 1720. A pupil of Munemine. His house was known as Masuya. Kyoto.
- Gempachi. Goto. 1620. Kyoto.
- Gempachi. Mizuno. 1650. A skilled expert, but died very young. Kaga.
- Genchin. Furukawa. 1680. Kichijiro. Also called Shoju. A pupil of Somin. He carved admirably in his master’s style. (Katakiri.) Yedo.
- Genji. Mizuno. Vide Teruyoshi.
- Genjō. Goto. 1550. Younger brother of Kojo, the 4th Goto master. A great expert, generally spoken of as Goto Kumbei. Kyoto.
- Genjō. Goto. 1550. Kyoto.
- Genjō. Goto. 1690. Called also Mitsuyoshi and Kambei. Kyoto.
- Genjō. Goto. 1630. Sometimes called Kakujō. Kyoto.
- Genjō. Vide Narimasa.
- Genju. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Taizanken.
- Genjūken. Vide Motoharu (Katōji).
- Gen-no-jo. Goto. 1670. Kyoto.
- Genroku. Mizuno. Vide Mitsumasa.
- Genshichi. Mizuno. 1650. A skilled expert, but died very young. He and Gempachi were sons of Yoshinori-Kaga.
- Gentaro. Goto. 1690. Kyoto.
- Genyemon. Goto. 1690. Called also Mitsuhisa. Kyoto.
- Gishinken. Vide Koretsune.
- Giyemon. Kimura. 1670. A pupil of Goto Kambei. Kyoto.
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