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Ishiguro Masayoshi
Japanese, 1771(?)-after 1851
1775-1862 (Walters Art Museum); 1771-after 1851 (Metropolitan Museum); and 1774-1862.
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Masayoshi was born in 1774 and died in 1862. He was a student of the Ishiguro School's founder, Ishiguro Masatsune I (1760-1828), and later worked as a retainer for the Shimazu daimyo at their Edo compound. Masayoshi is one of the most famous masters of the Ishiguro School, other masters include Masaaki, Masahiro, and Masachika.
His art names were Jugakusai, Jugakusai, Juo, Juosai, Jurosai, and Shozo.
This piece is signed: Ishiguro Masayoshi Hori (Carved by Ishiguro Masiyoshi). The hori character is seldom used in his signatures.
Person TypeIndividual
American, born 1865, active Baltimore until c.1940