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CHISELLERS
- Yoshiyuki. Kumagaye. 1820. Employed by the Hosokuwa Daimiyo, for whom he carved a celebrated silver vase encircled by a bronze dragon. Worked in Yedo, and attained great repute.
- Yoshiyuki. Akao. 1750. A Yedo expert, who worked in the style of Yoshitsugu Kohei.
- Yōshōdō. Vide Masayasu.
- Yozaburo. Yokoya. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yanagawa. Called also Tomotsune.
- Yūjō. Goto. 1460. The first of the great Goto Masters. Kyoto.
- Yuki. Vide Masaya.
- Yukinaga. Fujii. 1720. Gembei. His sword-mounts are profusely and delicately chiselled. Hagi.
- Yukinao. Nakahara. 1710. Kichibei. Kyoto. Founder of the Nakahara family.
- Yukinori. Nakahara. 1760. Kichibei. Called in his youth Yukhisia. A celebrated artist. It was his custom to carve all the mountings of a sword with designs en suite. He moved from Kyoto to Nagato, by invitation of the Prince of Chōshiu, and thenceforth worked in Hagi.
- Yukitada. Nakahara. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Chōshiu.
- Yukitaka. Fujii. 1750. Genyemon. An artist of high repute. Son of Yukinaga (Fujii), he carved in the elaborate style of his father, but with more spirit. Hagi.
- Yukitoshi. Nakahara. 1780. Genzayemon. Son of Yukinori, and scarcely inferior to his father. He also attained to considerable repute as a painter. Hagi.
- Yukiyoshi. Nakahara. 1800. Hambei. Hagi.
- Yūkotei. Vide Masanori.
- Yūmeishi. Vide Muneaki.
- Yūmia. Vide Teruaki (Yokoya).
- Yurōsai. Vide Sekibun.
- Yūsen. Vide Hiyobu Hōgen.
- Yushintō. Vide Tomobumi.
- Zaisui. Funada. 1720. Shōhachi. Teacher of the celebrated Nara Yasuchika, and a great expert. Worked at Shonai in Dewa. He was followed by his son of the same name.
- Zeju. Iwamoto. 1830. Pupil of Iwamoto Konkwan. Yedo.
- Zembei. Shibaya. 1750. A skilled inlayer of Sendai.
- Zenjin. 1700. Date uncertain. Some fine specimens of his work exist, marked Akashi Yechizen.
- Zenjō. Goto. 1600. Mitunari, or Kihei. Kyoto.
- Zenjō. Goto. 1650. Mitsunori. Kyoto.
- Zenshiro. 1610. A carver of Satsuma. Pupil of the Goto family.
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