CHISELLERS
zayemon. Called himself Jokui. An expert of great repute. Kaga.
- Katsuiye. Miyochin. 1550. A great expert. Kozuke.
- Katsukata. Shōami. 1670. Chiuzayemon. Worked at Wakamatsu in Aizu.
- Katsukuni. 18th and 19th cent. Mito.
- Katsukuni. Shinozaki. 1750. Tokuro. A skilled expert; one of the best of the Mito artists. (Vide Yasuhira.) Mito.
- Katsumasa. Miyochin. 1540. A great expert. Kozuke.
- Katsumi. Ito. 1860. A great artist, still living, but now better known for miscellaneous work than for sword furniture.
- Katsumori. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Katsunari. Shōami. 1620. Worked at Wakamatsu in Aizu.
- Katsusaburo. Shōami. 1700. There were two experts of this name, father and son, the latter being also called Gorobei. They worked at the close of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, and were skilled silver-smiths. Tsuyama (in Mimasaka).
- Katsushiro. 18th and 19th cent. A skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Giyoku-riu-ken.
- Katsutada. Fujita. 1700. An artist of Osaka, notably skilled in carving masks and cuttle-fish.
- Katsutane. Kanasugi. 19th cent. Art name, Shōkatei. Yedo.
- Katsuyoshi. 19th cent. Art name, Rakurakusai. Yedo.
- Kawada. Family name. Vide Ichizo.
- Kawaji. Tomomichi. 18th and 19th cent. Choshiu.
- Kawasaki. Tashiro. Present day. A skilled metal-chiseller of Tokyo. Pupil of Natsuo. Remarkably clever in working out naturalistic designs, as carp, ai (river trout), etc., for pouch-clasps.
- Kazuharu. Ishiguro. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Kazunori. Omori. 19th cent. Yedo.
- Kazutani. Kanasugi. 19th cent. Art name, Kenkosai. Yedo.
- Kazutomo. Omori. 1810. Yetsusuke. Called himself Kenkosai. A skilled expert. Yedo.
- Kazutoshi. Kishiba, 19th cent. Yedo.
- Kazutsune. Omori. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Son of Kazutomo; and same art name as his father.
- Kazuyuki. Kumagaye. 1840. Goro. A pupil of the celebrated Goto Ichijō, and a skilled expert. Yedo.
- Keiho. Vide Masahiro.
- Keijō. The fourth representative of the Goto family. Vide Mitsumori.
- Keirinsai. Vide Yasuhisa.
- Keisai. Vide Masatsune.
- Keito. Vide Masayori.
- Kenjō. Goto. 1610. Seventh of the great Goto Masters. Kyoto.
- Kenkōsai. Vide Kazutomo, Kazutani, and Kazutsune.
- Kensui. Vide Masanao.
- Kenzui. Vide Kaneyori and Hisayori.
- Kichibei. Uyemura. 1720. Commonly called Masuya Kichibei. A pupil of Munemine (Sōhō), Kyoto.
- Kichibei. 1730. One of the pupils of the Akao family.
- Kichiguro. Tamagawa. 1820. Worked in Mito.
- Kichijuro. Tamagawa. 1780. A pupil of Yoshihisa of Mito and a skilled expert, though his works are little known.
- Kigu. 1750. Family, etc., unknown, and date uncertain. The name is often found on good specimens having carp, craw-fish, etc., in relief on a polished ground.
- Kihei. Inouye. 1750. A pupil of Inouye Shigeyasu. Kyoto.
- Kihei. Goto. Vide Zenjo.
- Kijusai. Vide Terumitsu (Omori).
- Kikkōdō. Vide Naoyasu.
- Kikō. Vide Masanobu.
- Kikuchi. Family name; vide Tsunekatsu, Tsunemitsu, etc.
- Kikuda. Mitsugiyoku. Present day. A highly skilled metal-chiseller of Tokyo; employed by the Imperial Court. He carved a celebrated silver hand-warmer (Shuro) for the Emperor, decorated with designs of wisteria.
- Kikugawa. The name of a great family of metal-chisellers. The first began to work in the second half of the 18th century; the fourth is now working in Tokyo. The second (Tomoyoshi), who flourished up to about 1840, was specially celebrated. He used the mark, Ichiriusai Kikugawa. In addition to beautiful specimens of
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