CHISELLERS
produced only sleeve links, bracelets, broaches, etc., for the foreign market, making them of iron inlaid with gold in the Nunome style. But from 1887, he began to manufacture the now celebrated Toge-dashi-zogan. (See text.)
- Kajima. Yeijiro. Present day. A metal-worker of Tokio, skilled in inlaying. A cousin of the much more celebrated Kajima Ippu. Yeijiro’s father of the same name produced some fine specimens of inlaid armour.
- Kajutsura. 1820. A skilled expert of Kyoto; teacher of Harutsura. Celebrated for chiselling insects.
- Kakō. Vide Hirayoshi (Kuwamura).
- Kakujō. Goto. 1590. Mitsunobu. With Mitsusato and Mitsumasa (which see), he makes the three Mino-bori (Mino carvers) of the Shimo-Goto Family. Mino.
- Kakuriyo. Tsuji. 1780. Heishiro. Called himself Shisuidō. An expert of note. Omi.
- Kakutei. Vide Aritsune.
- Kambei. Goto. 1670. Mitsutoyo. The Kami-Goto Family. Kyoto.
- Kambei. Goto. 1690. Vide Genjō.
- Kampei. Nishigaki. 1730. A carver of Higo.
- Kanamaru. So-no-shin. An unidentified artist.
- Kanaya. 1600. An artist of Fushimi. Celebrated for his carving of landscapes, birds, foliage and prairie-grasses. His work is compared by Japanese connoisseurs to a moonlit waterscape seen through an opening in a forest.
- Kaneatsu. Takao. 1640. Kichizayemon. A pupil of Umemura Sukesaburo and a skilled expert. Kaga.
- Kanehide. 19th cent. Yedo.
- Kaneiye. 1500. A celebrated guard-maker whose date is somewhat uncertain. He marked his work Yamashiro-no-ju. His tempering and chiselling of iron were counted extraordinarily good, and in subsequent generations special luck was supposed to attend the possession of his guards, so that they commanded great prices. Japanese connoisseurs consider that the Kaneiye family forged guards before the time of the above, and they are accustomed to speak of the older work as “Oshodai Kaneiye” (the very old generation of Kaniiye). Vide Jūbei (Aoki).
- Kaneko. Vide Ujiiye.
- Kanemori. 1680. An expert of Yechizen, who worked skilfully in the Kinai style.
- Kanemori. Shōami. 1550. An expert of Kaneda in Dewa.
- Kanenori. Nomura. 1720. Saburoji. Called himself Kanyeishi. A skilled expert. Hikone. (Omi.)
- Kanesada. 1600. Supposed to have been a pupil of Aoki Jūbei.
- Kanetaki. Yoshikawa. 1680. Called also Tamayoshi. Worked at Hikone.
- Kanetomo. Iwata. 1810. Bennosuke. Art name, Toyosai. Pupil of Kiyohisa (Tanaka). Aizu.
- Kaneuji. Shōami. 1750. A Kyoto expert.
- Kaneyasu. Masatoshi. Metal chiseller (Kinzokushi) of present day. A pupil of Toriusai (q. v.) and adopted son of Ito Katsumi (q. v.)
- Kaneyori. Amano. 1760. Son of Shozui, and commonly called Kenzui. Art names, Kaigenshi, Miseki, and Seishin. Used also the marks Otsuriuken and Miboku. (Vide Shōzui.) A celebrated artist. Yedo.
- Kaneyuki. Hamano. 1670. Called himself Kaiganshi, and afterwards Miboku. A son of the celebrated Shōzui. Yedo.
- Kankyo. Vide Masayori and Masanobu.
- Kanshikan. Vide Terukazu.
- Kanshiro. Nishigaki. 1750. A carver of Higo.
- Kanyeishi. Vide Kanenori (Nomura).
- Kanzayemon. Nishigaki. 1770. A carver of Higo.
- Kariuken. Vide Yoshinori.
- Kasetsuken. Vide Tomonao.
- Katahiro. Nomura. 1760. Bikwan. Yedo.
- Katatomo. Nakano. 1830. A skilled forger of swords and chiseller of sword-guards. Especially remarkable for combining various metals. Yedo.
- Katsu. 1700. A female expert of Yedo. Her work is good, but nothing definite is known about her.
- Katsuchika. 19th cent. A great metal-worker of Yedo, and chiseller of netsuke.
- Katsuhira. 19th cent. Yedo.
- Katsuhisa. Kuwamura. 1650. Gen-
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