CHISELLERS
- Taguchi. Katsuo. Present day. Metal-sculptor. Pupil of Unno Shōmin.
- Taijō. Goto. 1660. Kyoto.
- Taijō. Goto. 1660. Mitsuhisa.
- Taizanken. Vide Yenju.
- Takaaki. Ishiguro. 1850. Mankichi. Yedo.
- Takafusa. Uyemura. 1740. Kuhei. A great expert. Kyoto.
- Takahiro. Yasui. 1690. Heiyemon. His house was called Kashiwaya, and he marked his works Chiriuken. A skilled artist. Kyoto.
- Takaiishi. Shigeyoshi. Present day. (b. 1838.) Originally a chiseller of sword-furniture, renowned for his skill in cutting kiri-mon (i.e., designs on the surface of sword blades), but now celebrated for the production of iron dragons, craw-fish, crabs, etc., with universal joints after the manner of Miyōchin Yoshihisa. Many of his productions have been sold as genuine examples of Miyōchin’s work. His hawks, eagles, etc., chiselled in silver and inlaid with gold are among the finest specimens of metal work ever produced.
- Takakiyo. Sakawa. 1800. Gensaburo. Called himself Jōyeiken. A skilled artist. Mito.
- Takakusai. Vide Yoshihisa.
- Takamitsu. Shōami. 1620. Founder of the Aizu branch of the Shōami family. Marked his work “Matsumura Genshichiro.” Worked at Wakamatsu.
- Takanaga. Yasui. 1670. Torabei. A pupil of Yasui Yoshinaga. Used the mark Fukō. Kyoto.
- Takasu. Yeiji. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Horiuken.
- Takatsune. Shōami. 1480. Jirohachi. A Kyoto expert, who resumed the profession of ornamental metal-worker commenced by his ancestor Masanori (vide), and is consequently known as the second founder (chiuko kaizan) of the Shōami family.
- Takeakira. Masabayashi. 1800. Date uncertain. Personal name, Zusho, and art name, Riushatei. A skilled expert of Kyoto. A man of noble family.
- Takechika. Sano. 19th cent. A skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Used the marks Issai Hōshu Gendō-jin and Shuki Hōzan Issai.
- Takemitsu. 1760. Uhei. A pupil of Tetsuya Dembei. Kyoto.
- Takenori. Vide Shigemoto (Kubo).
- Takenori. Okamoto. 1780. Uhei. Kyoto.
- Takenori. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Takeshima. Family name. Vide Ichiju.
- Takeshita. Shōjū. Present day. Metal-sculptor. Pupil of Unno Shōmin.
- Takeyama. Mahiko. Present day. A metal-chiseller of Osaka.
- Taki. Yeiji. 19th cent. Skilled metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Sei-un-sai.
- Takujō. Goto. 1570. The fifth of the great Goto Masters. Kyoto.
- Tamagawa. Joyei. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Tanaka. Family name. Vide Ichiroyemon.
- Taneda. Family name. Vide Sadakatsu.
- Tankai. Vide Toshikage.
- Tankasai. Vide Motoakira. (Suzuki.)
- Tansai. Hirata. 1620. Founded the Hirata family of Awa. Nothing is known of his work and his date is uncertain.
- Tanzendō. Vide Yoshitatsu.
- Tashichi. Akao. 1780. Generally known as Akao Yoshitsugu, but not to be confounded with Akao Yoshitsugu Kohei. A skilled expert of Yedo, remarkable for his chiselling à jour, and his production of patina.
- Tatsufusa. Nara. 1730. A pupil of Yasuchika. Yedo.
- Tatsujō. Goto. 1650. Mitsufusa. Kyoto.
- Tatsumasa. Nara. 1710. A pupil of Toshinaga. Yedo.
- Tatsunari. Arakawa. 1790. Tatsuzo. Brother of Terutoki (Omori).
- Tazayemon. Nomura. 1660. A pupil of Goto Renjō and a skilled artist. Kyoto.
- Teijō. Goto. 1630. The ninth Goto Master.
- Teikan. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Tokyo.
- Teisuidō. Vide Tadasuke.
- Temmin. 19th cent. (d. 1845.) A Yedo metal-chiseller of the highest skill. He was a pupil of the second Kikugawa and a contemporary of Riumin, with whom he often worked conjointly, the two putting their names on the same specimen. Tem-
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