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 *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.