CHISELLERS
the fourteen generations of Goto masters in the history of sword-mount decoration. Muneyasu, the tenth representative, is specially celebrated.
- Miyōchin. Munetoki. 1380. Second son of Munemasa.
- Miyōchin. Yoshihiro (11). 1400. Worked in Kyoto. Had rank of Sakyo no Tayu.
- Miyōchin. Yoshitada (12). 1420. Worked in Kyoto. Rank, Sahiyoye no Jō.
- Miyōchin. Yoshinori (13). 1440. Worked in Kyoto. Called also Gorodayu.
- Miyōchin. Yoshinaga (14). 1450. Worked in Kyoto. Rank, Shikibu Tayu. One of the greatest of the family.
- Miyōchin. Yoshiari (15). 1480. Worked at Kamakura. Called also Shinjiro.
- Miyōchin. Yoshiyasu (16). 1520. Worked at Fuchiu in Hitachi and at Odawara. Called also Samuro-dayu. The six representatives from (11) to (16) are known as the Rokudai, or the “Six Generations.” They are also called Giyoshi, or the “Honourable Masters.” The names are: Yoshihiro, Yoshitada, Yoshinori, Yoshinaga, Yoshiari, and Yoshiyasu.
- Miyōchin. *Takayoshi. 1450. Second son of Yoshinori, and not a representative of the main line, but one of the most celebrated of the Miyōchin artists. Worked at Kamakura.
- Miyōchin. Yoshihisa. 1460. Second son of Yoshinaga.
- Miyōchin. *Yoshimichi. 1500. Second son of Yoshiari. Worked in Kyoto. Not a representative of the main line, but a renowned master.
- Miyōchin. Katsuyoshi. 1510. Third son of Yoshiari.
- Miyōchin. *Nobuiye (17). 1520. Originally called Yasuiye. Worked at Shirai in Joshiu. One of the most celebrated of the Miyōchin Masters.
- The three names marked with an asterisk, Takayoshi, Yoshimichi, and Nobuiye are those of the “Nochi no Sansaku,” or “Three Later Masters.”
- Miyōchin. Narikuni. 1470. Worked at Yawata in Joshiu. Son of Yoshihisa.
- Miyōchin. Kunichika. 1420. Son of Yoshihisa.
- Miyōchin. Narichika. 1420. Son of Yoshihisa. Worked in Joshiu. One of the great Miyōchin Masters.
- Miyōchin. Narishige. 1500. Son of Narichika. Worked at Yawata in Kozuke. One of the great Miyōchin Masters.
- Miyōchin. Kunihisa. 1530. Son of Narishige.
- Miyōchin. Hisaiye. 1550. Son of Kunihisa. Worked at Kamakura. One of the Miyōchin celebrities.
- Miyōchin. Fusanobu. 1530. Son of Yoshiyasu.
- Miyōchin. Munehisa. 1580. Grandson of Yoshiyasu.
- Miyōchin. Katsumasa. 1580. Grandson of Yoshiyasu. Worked in Joshiu. One of the great Miyōchin Masters.
- Miyōchin. Yoshihisa. 1630. Son of Munehisa. Worked at Kamakura. One of the great Miyōchin Masters.
- Miyōchin. Yoshishige. 1620. Son of Yoshihisa.
- Miyōchin. Sadaiye (18). 1550. Worked in Odawara and Iga. Called also Hachiro and Heiroku.
- Miyōchin. Fusaiye. 1540. Second son of Nobuiye. Worked in Joshiu. A great master.
- Miyōchin. Fusamune. 1550. Third son of Nobuiye. Worked at Odawara. A celebrity.
- Miyōchin. Muneiye (19). 1580. Worked in Omi. Manufactured a celebrated helmet for Tokugawa Iyeyasu. Called also Kindaro.
- Miyōchin. Munenobu (20). 1600. Son of Muneiye. Worked in Yedo and Osaka. One of the great Miyōchin Masters.
- Miyōchin. Munekiyo. 1620. Second son of Muneiye.
- Miyōchin. Munenaga. 1620. Third son of Muneiye.
- Miyōchin. Kunimori (21). 1620. Worked in Yedo. Son of Munenobu. Had rank of Nagato no Kami. Called also Kunimichi.
- Miyōchin. Harunobu. 1620. Second son of Munenobu.
- Miyōchin. Muneshige (22). 1640. Worked in Yedo. Had rank of Nagato no Kami.
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