CHISELLERS
his works are marked Takenori. Kyoto.
- Shigemune. Shōami. 1840. An expert of Yedo.
- Shigemune. Umetada. 1400. Known as Hiko no Shin. Said to be the nineteenth representative of the Umetada family, but probably identical with the first Shigeyoshi (vide). He received the name Umetada from the Emperor Shōko.
- Shigenaga. 1680. Shinshichi. Successor of Tomotsugu Saburoyemon. Kaga.
- Shigenaga. Yoshioka. 1640. Rizayemon. Afterwards called Sōrin and Shigemoto. Yedo.
- Shigenobu. 1780. Kitaro. A pupil of Tetsuya Dembei.
- Shigenori. Miyōchin. 1560. An expert of Kozuke.
- Shigesada. Shōami. 1690. A pupil of Goto Tsujō. Worked at Akita in Dewa.
- Shigesada. Yoshioka. 1840. The ninth representative of the Yoshioka family. Yedo.
- Shigetaka. Hirata. 1680. Hikoshiro. Fourth representative of the Hirata family. Yedo.
- Shigetsugu. Yoshioka. 1620. A member of the noble Fujiwara family. Had at first the title of Bun-gon-no-suke. Also called Sōjū. He became carver to the Court of the Yedo Shōgun in the year 1600, and died in 1653. In the temple Zōjō-ji, at Shiba (Tokyo), there is a stone carving by him representing the entry of Buddha into Nirvana. The inscription shows that it was carved in his 73d year.
- Shigetsugu. Iwai. 1650. Moyemon. A pupil of Goto Renjō. Kyoto.
- Shigetsugu. 1700. Kihashiro. Son of Shigenaga Shinshichi. Kaga.
- Shigetsugu. Nara. 1720. A pupil of Toshinaga the second.
- Shigetsune. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Chōshiu.
- Shigetsune. Shōami. 1720. Worked at Wakamatsu in Aizu.
- Shigetsune. Shōami. 1650. An expert of Akita in Dewa.
- Shigeyasu. Inouye. 1740. Bunjiro. A celebrated expert. Kyoto.
- Shigeyoshi. Umetada. 1400. A celebrated sword-smith, who is said to have made guards for the Ashikaga Shōgun, Yoshimitsu, the great art patron and dilettante of mediæval Japan. Kyoto.
- Shigeyoshi. Umetada. 1560. Hikojiro. He also used the name Miyojū for marking his pieces. An expert of very high order. He forged sword-blades which are held in the greatest esteem, and made guards and other mounts with equal skill. He was employed by Yoshioka, the last of the Ashikaga Shōguns, by Hideyoshi, the Taikō, and by Hidetsugu. He worked from 1550 to 1600. Kyoto.
- Shigeyoshi. Umetada. 1630. Hikojiro. He marked his pieces Meishin, or more commonly, Iyetaka. He was counted a great sword-smith as well as a skilled carver, and received from the government the honorary title of Hokkyo. He worked in Kyoto and Yedo, and it is supposed that the various provincial artists calling themselves by the family name of Umetada were either pupils of his or descended from his pupils.
- Shigeyuki. Shōami. 1820. One of the Yedo branch of the Shōami family.
- Shikō. Shōami. 1700. An expert of Kyoto who worked in the style of Sōden.
- Shimada. Family name. Vide Masafusa and Masanao.
- Shinjō. Vide Mitsuyoshi (Goto).
- Shinryo. Vide Koretsune.
- Shinshichi. 1730. A skilled expert of Osaka, commonly known as Horimono-ya Shinshichi (Shinshichi, the carver). His favorite design was a fishing rod and river trout, which he chiselled beautifully.
- Shintōken. Vide Mitsuyoshi.
- Shijun. Vide Masayori.
- Shiratoshi. Iwamoto. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Used the marks Kwanri and Jōunsai.
- Shirobei. Muneta. 1650. Kyoto and Gifu (Mino).
- Shisuido. Vide Kakuriyo.
- Shiuko. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Shōami. Vide Masanori.
- Shōbei. Goto. 1570. A pupil of Goto Tokujō. Lived at various places, but chiefly Noto and Kyoto.
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