Izeki family

One of the three major hereditary mask-making families active from the end of the Muromachi period to the Edo period. They are often named after their hometown, Omi (Shiga Prefecture). The first Kazusa-no-suke Chikanobu, like the other two families (Echizen-ideme and Ono-ideme), spoke of his relationship with Sanko-bo, a monk at Heisen-ji Temple who was an expert in mask-making, and called himself his disciple. In recent years, masks bearing inscriptions of the first Chikanobu, the second Chikanobu, and the third Bitchu-no-jo, as recorded in the document "Kamenfu," have been discovered one after another, confirming the identities of these previously unknown individuals and revealing that they lived around Sakata Kita-gun, Omi Province (Nagahama City). The fourth head of the Kawachi Daijo clan, Ieshige, had risen to Edo by 1639 (Kan'ei 16) and, as the leading figure of his time, was known as "the best Kawachi in the world." Many works are said to be his, but few can be confirmed. After Ieshige's death, his disciple, Omiya Yamato Masamori, took over and called himself "the best Yamato in the world."

[Akio Sato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室町時代末から江戸時代にかけて活躍した世襲面打の三大家系の一つ。出身の地近江(おうみ)（滋賀県）の名を冠してよばれることが多い。初代上総介(かずさのすけ)親信(ちかのぶ)は他の2家（越前(えちぜん)出目、大野出目）と同様、平泉寺僧で面打をよくした三光坊(さんこうぼう)との関係を語り、その弟子と称している。『仮面譜』という文献に記す初代親信、2代親政、3代備中掾(びっちゅうのじょう)にあたる銘のある面が近年相次いで発見され、これまではっきりしなかったこれらの人物が確認でき、彼らが近江国坂田北郡（長浜市）あたりに住んでいたことも判明した。4代河内大掾(かわちのだいじょう)家重(いえしげ)は1639年（寛永16）までには江戸に上り、当時の第一人者として「天下一河内」と称している。その作とされるものは多いが、確認できるものは少ない。家重没後、弟子である大宮大和真盛(やまとまさもり)が継ぎ、「天下一大和」を称した。

［佐藤昭夫］

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