CHISELLERS
- Naotoshi. Shimamura. 1700. A pupil of Naomasa (Yanagawa). Yedo.
- Naotsugu. Shimizu. 1700. Jinyemon. A pupil of Naomasa (Yanagawa). Yedo.
- Naoyasu. 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo. Art name, Kikōdō.
- Naoyori. Toyama. 1770. Denzo. An expert of note, who worked in Yedo, and afterwards Shinano and Yechizen. Called also Chokuzui (another pronunciation of Naoyori).
- Naoyoshi. Sano. 1730. Rihachi. A pupil of Naonori; highly skilled. Carved for the Daimiyo Akimoto. Yedo.
- Naoyuki. Yanagawa. 1700. Koheiji. A pupil of Naomasa. Some of his works are marked Yanagawa Naomasa. Yedo.
- Nanchika. 18th and 19th cent. Metal-worker of Yedo.
- Narihisa. Hirata. 1650. Hikoshiro. Third representative of the Hirata family. Yedo.
- Narikado. Hirata. 1700. Hikoshiro. Fifth representative of the Hirata family. Called also Henjō and Yeijō. Yedo.
- Narikata. Umetada. 1740. Kajiyemon. Son of Naritsugu. Yedo.
- Narikazu. Hirata. 1630. Hikoshiro. Second representative of the Hirata family. Yedo.
- Narimasa. Hirata. 1840. Hikoshiro. Called also Riyozō and Genjō. Yedo.
- Narisuki. Hirata. 1790. Hikoshiro. Called also Ichizō. Seventh of the Hirata experts. Yedo.
- Naritsugu. Umetada. 1720. Kajiyemon. A Yedo expert of the highest skill. His carving is usually on a ground of shibuichi with profuse use of gold in the decorative design. Born in 1696, died 1735.
- Nariwo. Shōami. 18th and 19th cent. Metal-worker of Matsuyama (Iyo).
- Nariyuki. Hirata. 1740. Hikoshiro. Called also Kiuzō and Ichizō. The sixth representative of the Hirata family, and generally considered one of the best of the Hirata experts. Yedo.
- Nariyuki. Hirata. 1880. Hikoshiro. Tokyo.
- Natsuo. (d. 1894.) A metal-chiseller of Tokyo, who is justly reckoned one of Japan’s greatest experts.
- Nihei. Muneta. 1560. The first maker of nanako grounds in the Muneta family. Kyoto.
- Nishimura. Family name. Vide Mitsuyoshi.
- Nizayemon. Muneta. 1540. Kyoto. There was a second Nizayemon (1580) in the same family.
- Nobuaki. 1530. A pupil of Nobuiye. Celebrated for chiselling guards à jour, and for the beauty of his patina. Kuwana (Ise).
- Nobuchika. Hirano. 1810. A pupil of Ontaiken. Mito.
- Nobufusa. Miyōchin. 1540. A great expert. Kai.
- Nobufusa. Umetada. 1640. Date uncertain. Sei-no-jō. Supposed to have been a pupil of one of the early Kuwamura artists. A fine expert. Kaga.
- Nobuhide. Sumitomo. 1750. Sennosuke. A pupil of Masanobu (Zenji). Yedo.
- Nobuhiro. Miyōchin. 1560. A great expert. Kamakura.
- Nobuiye. Miyōchin. 1520. One of the Nochino Sansaku (Three Later Masters) of the Miyōchin family. Worked principally as an armourer, but also chiselled guards. Joshiu.
- Nobuiye. Fujiwara. 1670. A guard-maker of Aki. His work was in the pierced style, and he is celebrated for guards in the Mokko shapes with omodaka leaves chiselled à jour. His pieces are constantly confounded with those of Miyochin Nobuiye.
- Nobuiye. 1700. A guard-maker of Kishiu. Not a good expert, but his work is often mistaken by ignorant collectors for that of Miyochin Nobuiye.
- Nobukatsu. Kikuchi. 1730. Seijirō. Art name, Gitōken and Sōriuken. A pupil of Naokatsu (Inagawa) and an expert of great skill. Yedo.
- Nobumasa. Okada. 1690. Zenzayemon. A grandson of Meiju Umetada, who changed his family name Okada. Hagi.
- Nobusada. 1530. A pupil of Nobuiye (Miyōchin) and a skilled expert. Joshiu.
- Nobushige. Okada. 1700. Hikozayemon. Hagi.
- Nobutaka. Nara. 1730. Ihachi.
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