CHISELLERS
were three of this name. The second Matazayemon (1560), and the third (1600). The last sometimes used the mark Dōsei. Kyoto.
- Matsumoto. Kanjiro. Present day. One of the pioneers of the school of modern craftsmen who have carried to a high pitch of excellence the art of inlaying iron, bronze, shibuichi, and shakudo with gold and silver. Works in Tokyo.
- Matsumura. Shōami. 1850. Bunyemon. An expert of Aizu.
- Meiju. Umetada Okada. 1640. Originally an artist of Kyoto, but moved to Hagi in Choshiu, and founded the Okada family of that place (vide Nobumasa).
- Meishin. Vide Shigeyoshi Umetada.
- Miboku. Vide Masayori and Kaneyori, Norinobu and Masanobu.
- Minjo. 19th cent. (d. 1864.) A great metal-chiseller of Yedo.
- Minkoku. 19th cent. A great metal-chiseller of Tokyo, who worked in conjunction with Shuraku, Temmin, Riumin, and Minjo, forming the gonin-gumi (five men company), who produced many splendid works between 1854 and 1860. Minkoku is now too old to work.
- Minriu. 18th and 19th cent. Great metal-worker of (Tokyo) Yedo.
- Mitane. Shigeyoshi. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Mitsu. The second ideograph of this name is disguised, and cannot be read, nor has it been identified as the mark of any expert. The name is found, however, on very beautiful rings and tips of shakudo, with finely polished ground, delicate decoration of herons, river scenes, etc. Probable date, 1730.
- Mitsuaki. Goto. 1850. Sixteenth representative of the Goto family. Called Hōjō. Yedo.
- Mitsuaki. Ishiguro. 1850. Tetsugoro. Yedo.
- Mitsuaki. Goto. 1570. Jinyemon. Kaga.
- Mitsuchika. Vide Reijō.
- Mitsuchika. Vide Joyō.
- Mitsufusa. Hayata. 1830. Zennosuke. A pupil of Terumitsu (Omori). Hirado (Hizen).
- Mitsufusa. Yatobe. Tamagawa. 1790. Hikoroku. A celebrated artist of Mito. His name is commonly pronounced Tsūjū. Father of the great Yoshinaga of Mito.
- Mitsuharu. Goto. 1670. Kyoto.
- Mitsuharu. Vide Yekijo.
- Mitsuharu. Goto. 1710. Commonly called Kambei. Kyoto.
- Mitsuhaya. Shōami. 1810. A guard-maker of Kyoto.
- Mitsuhide. Vide Yenjō.
- Mitsuhiro. Goto. 1700. Kyoto.
- Mitsuhisa. Vide Taijō.
- Mitsuhisa. Vide Genyemon.
- Mitsuhisa. Yatabe. 1740. Hikoroku. A skilled expert of Mito, pupil of Koami.
- Mitsukata. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Choshiu.
- Mitsukatsu. Vide Kaijō.
- Mitsukuni. Vide Yetsujō.
- Mitsukyo. Vide Senjō.
- Mitsumasa. Vide Shoyō.
- Mitsumasa. Goto. 1620. One of the three Mino-bori (vide Kakujō). Mino.
- Mitsumasa. Goto. 1720. The twelfth Goto Master. Kyotō.
- Mitsumasa. Vide Teijō.
- Mitsumasa. Mizuno. 1660. Genroku. Kaga.
- Mitsumasa. Kikuoka. 1770. Brother of Mitsuyuki Kikuoka.
- Mitsumasa. Tsuji. 1750. Tanji. Called himself Rinsendo. An expert of the highest rank, skilled in every kind of work, takabori, kebori, zōgan, etc. His work is compared by Japanese connoisseurs to a spray of plum-blossom in a beautiful vase. He worked chiefly in Omi province, but lived for some time in Yedo with Sōyō. He died in 1776, at the age of 53.
- Mitsumichi. Ishiguro. 1810. Sanjiro. A pupil of Jimiyo. Yedo.
- Mitsumori. Goto. 1760. The fourteenth Goto Master. Called Keijō. Yedo.
- Mitsunaga. Vide Kwanjō.
- Mitsunaga. Vide Shunjō.
- Mitsunaga. Vide Seijō.
- Mitsunami. Goto. 1690. Kyoto.
- Mitsunari. Goto. 1600. Kihei. Vide Zenjō. Kyoto.
- Mitsunobu. Goto. 1690. Kyoto.
- Mitsunobu. Vide Kakujō.
- Mitsunobu. Miyagawa. 1830. Kichijō. A pupil of Terumitsu (Omori). Yedo.
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