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 *Shogoro. 1790. A pupil of Tashichi (Akao), and a skilled worker in the Akao style. Yedo.
 * Shōho. Iwamoto. 1830. Buto Gempachi or Masakatsu. An expert of considerable note. Many of his pieces are marked Konkwan-mon, i.e., pupil of Konkwan. Yedo.
 * Shōjō. Goto. 1610. Mitsumasa. Kyoto.
 * Shōjō. Goto. 1530. Younger brother of Goto Sōjō. Celebrated as a maker of nanako grounds. Kyoto.
 * Shōjū. Tamagawa. 1760. Saburohei. A pupil of Tsūjū, and a great expert. Yedo and Mito.
 * Shōkatei. Vide Katsutane.
 * Shōmin. 19th cent. A celebrated metal-worker of Tokyo, now living; art name, Senshisai.
 * Shōsensai. Vide Sadahisa (Takahashi).
 * Shotayu. Vide Masanao.
 * Shōyei. 1640. He called himself Johaku. A pupil of Jochiku, and a skilled expert. Yedo.
 * Shōyei. Vide Johaku.
 * Shōzayemon. Yoshioka. 1630. Second son of Shigetsugu. Carver to the Shōgun’s Court in Yedo.
 * Shōzayemon. Nomura. 1530. A pupil of Goto Shōjō. Kyoto.
 * Shizui. Vide Masayori.
 * Shuchin. Furukawa. 1820. Son of Jochin and a skilled expert. Yedo.
 * Shuhōsai. Vide Masayori.
 * Shūjō. Goto. 1620. Mitsutoyo. Kyoto.
 * Shūjō. Goto. 1690. Mitsutaka. Kyoto.
 * Shumin. 19th cent. (d. 1866.) A highly skilled metal-chiseller of Tokyo.
 * Shungetsu. Vide Haruaki.
 * Shunjō. Goto. 1640. Mitsunaga. Kyoto.
 * Shunshōdō. Vide Konkwan.
 * Shunzui. Vide Haruyori.
 * Shuraku. 19th cent. (d. i860.) A great metal-chiseller of Yedo: pupil of Temmin and of Shugetsu. Many beautiful specimens of his work are extant in sword-furniture, pouch-clasps, and chains (kuda-gusari), etc. He used the marks Taidō Shuraku, and Shuunsai Shuraku.
 * Shuzui. Vide Hideyori.
 * Sōchi. Yokoya. 1640. Tsugusada. Yedo.
 * Sōden. Kitagawa. 1649. Originally called Hidenori. Celebrated as a maker of iron sword-guards, elaborately decorated with figure designs chiselled à jour. He used the mark Sōheishi, and this being commonly misread “mogarashi,” the guards of Sōden’s type are known as mogarashi-tsuba. They are exceptionally large, and generally have the edge curved. He belonged to the Shōami family, according to some authorities, and to the Kitagawa according to others. Worked at Hikone, and originated the Hikone style.
 * Sōheishi. Vide Soden.
 * Sōhō. Vide Munemine.
 * Sōin. Yoshioka. His name is sometimes pronounced Munenori. A great expert. Yedo.
 * Sōin. Vide Nobutsugu.
 * Sōjō. Goto. 1520. The second of the great Goto Masters. Kyoto.
 * Sōjū. Vide Shigetsugu (Yoshioka).
 * Sōjū. Vide Genchin.
 * Sōkan. Vide Toshimitsu (Nara).
 * Sōkei. Vide Munetsugu.
 * Sōken. Ozaki. 1630. Jiubei. A pupil of Goto Teijō. Kyoto.
 * Sōken. Vide Muneaki.
 * Sokuseui. Goto. 1660. KytoKyoto [sic].
 * Sōkwan. Iwamoto. 1750. Kohachi. Yedo. A great expert. (His name is also pronounced Munehiro.)
 * Sōmin. Yokoya. 1760. Tomatsugu. Grandson of the great Sōmin. A skilled expert. Yedo.
 * Sōmin. Kiriusai. 1770. Representative of the fourth generation of the Sōmin.
 * Sōmin. Yokoya. 1710. Tomotsune, or Jihei. Art name, Tō-an. One of the most celebrated experts of any era. Worked from designs furnished by the painters Tanyu and Hanabusa Itcho. Much of his finest work was in the Kebori (hair-line engraving) style, and he thus came to be known as the originator of the Ye-fu-kebori (engraved pictures). A Japanese connoisseur of the eighteen century says that the impression produced by Sōmin’s work is that of wooded hills reflected in the blue waters of a placid lake as the evening moon rises over their summit. True name, Tomotsune. Yedo. Many of his pieces are marked Tōnan.