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N. B. The above, from Soami to Uwo, are called the "Six Sculptors" (Roku-saku).


 * Deme Jikan Yoshimitsu. Called also Ono, or Kizan or Sukezaemon—sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally an armourer of Echizen, he became a sculptor of masks after moving to Yamashiro. In 1595 received the art title of Tenka-ichi from the Taikō. Entered the Takugawa service and died in 1616.