Editing Netsuke (section)

== Artists ==
[[File:Masanao-kyoto-rat-netsuke.png|thumb|Carved {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}} of a sleeping rat, made out of ivory, by Masanao of Kyoto]]
Carvers of {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}} are called {{transliteration|ja|netsuke-shi}}.
{{visible anchor|Sōken Kishō|text={{nihongo||装劍奇賞|Sōken Kishō}}}} is the earliest compilation of {{transliteration|ja|netsuke-shi}}, which lists over 50 {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}} masters. It was published in Osaka in 1781 by Inaba Tsūryū.<ref>{{cite book |author=Barbra Teri Okada |title=Netsuke: Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art |year=1982 |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |location=New York |pages=14 |quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uNhpX4fWnbIC |isbn=0870992732 }}</ref> Some works of art are even illustrated in it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~mystudy/kikite/bunken/souken/souken.htm | title=装劍奇賞 }}</ref>

One of the most renowned artists during the Edo period was the founder of the [[Nagoya]] school, {{nihongo|[[Tametaka]]|為隆}}, who is listed in the {{transliteration|ja|Sōken Kishō}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hermitage.artclub.one/en/projects/Japanese-netsuke/Tametaka-Goat | title=Tametaka Goat }}</ref> He was followed in Nagoya by {{nihongo|[[Ikkan]]|一貫}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1981-0808-107 | title=Netsuke &#124; British Museum }}</ref> His pieces can be found in many collections and achieve high prices at auctions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21100/lot/5/ | title=Bonhams : A wood netsuke of a rat by Ikkan, Nagoya, 19th century }}</ref>
[[File:Squid, vase and barnacles. 19th Century netsuke. Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm..jpg|thumb|Squid, vase and barnacles. 19th century netsuke. [[Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm]].]]
The listed masters in the {{transliteration|ja|Sōken Kishō}} are:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~mystudy/kikite/bunken/souken/soukenyaku.htm | title=装劍奇賞 }}</ref>
* {{nihongo|Hōgen Shūzan|法眼周山}}
* {{nihongo|Unju Tōshumemaru|雲樹洞院幣丸}}
* {{nihongo|Ogasawara Isai|小笠原一斎}}
* {{nihongo|Miwa|三輪}}
* {{nihongo|Waryū|和流}}
* {{nihongo|Myōgaya Seishichi|荷屋清七}}
* {{nihongo|Kurobē|九郎兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Negoro Sōkyū|根来宗休}}
* {{nihongo|Tatsuki Kanzō|龍木勘蔵}}
* {{nihongo|Mata Uemon|又有衛門}}
* {{nihongo|Unpo Kajun|雲浦可順}}
* {{nihongo|Minkō|岷江/花押}}
* {{nihongo|Haruchika|春周}}
* {{nihongo|Tomotada|友忠}}
* {{nihongo|Kanjūrō|勘十郎}}
* {{nihongo|Tawaraya Denbē|田原屋傳兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Garaku|我楽}}
* {{nihongo|[[Tametaka]]|為隆}}
* {{nihongo|Kawai Yoritake|河井頼武}}
* {{nihongo|Sōtaka Heishirō|草荏平四郎}}
* {{nihongo|Hōgen Shūgetsu|法眼舟月}}
* {{nihongo|Hōshin|奉真}}
* {{nihongo|Satake Sōshichi|佐武宗七}}
* {{nihongo|Ryūsa|柳左}}
* {{nihongo|Kōyōken Yoshinaga|廣葉軒吉長}}
* {{nihongo|Jūzō|十蔵}}
* {{nihongo|Shibata Ichibē|柴田市郎兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|[[Masanao of Kyoto|Masanao]]|正直}}
* {{nihongo|Okatomo|岡友}}
* {{nihongo|Inzai|印齋}}
* {{nihongo|Zeraku|是楽}}
* {{nihongo|Sanko|三小}}
* {{nihongo|Yoshibē|吉兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Tsuji|辻}}
* {{nihongo|Mata Tomofusa|畑友房}}
* {{nihongo|Jirobē|次郎兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Kame Hiyago|亀肥谷後}}
* {{nihongo|Washōin|和性院}}
* {{nihongo|Seibē|清兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Gechū|牙虫}}
* {{nihongo|Ōmiya Kahē|近江屋嘉兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Tamaharu|玉治}}
* {{nihongo|Daikoku(ya) Tōemon|大黒屋藤右衛門}}{{clarify|reason=Looks like "Daikokuya"|date=July 2022}}
* {{nihongo|Tomotane|友胤}}
* {{nihongo|Kashū|霞鷲}}
* {{nihongo|Nagaota Ichirō|長尾太市郎}}
* {{nihongo|Takeuchi Yasuei|竹内彌須平}}
* {{nihongo|Yoshimoto|宜元}}
* {{nihongo|Mitsuharu|光春}}
* {{nihongo|Demeuman|出目右満}}
* {{nihongo|Toshimaya Ihē|豊島屋伊兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Karamono Kuhē|唐物久兵衛}}
* {{nihongo|Ichiraku|一楽}}

[[Seiyodo Tomiharu|Seiyōdō Tomiharu]] (1733–1810) was founder of the Iwami school of carving.