Yonekichi Inazuka

...The patterns of painted leather changed over time. From the end of the Heian period to the beginning of the Kamakura period, the sash-in pattern was replaced by pictorial patterns such as the Kamon and Shishi-en patterns, the Shishi-peony pattern, the Kikue pattern, and the Fudo Sanzon pattern. After the Northern and Southern Courts, the Shishi-peony pattern became smaller and more formalized, and the Mojishi leather was created. Also, Shohei leather was created with the date 1351 (Shohei 6) dyed on it. In the early modern period, dyed leather was used for items such as drawstring bags, nose bags, and pipe bags used by samurai and common people, and these dyed leathers were made in Kyoto, Osaka, and Himeji, but in the Meiji period, they were also made by craftsmen such as Kobayashi Sosai of Komagome, Tokyo, and Inazuka Yonekichi of Kodenmacho. Leatherwork [Okada Yuzuru]. ...

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…絵韋にはその文様に時代的変化があって，平安時代末から鎌倉時代初めにかけては襷入（たすきいり）の窠文（かもん）や獅子円文，鎌倉時代には襷文にかわって獅子牡丹文，菊枝文，不動三尊文などの絵画的文様がおこなわれ，南北朝以降は獅子牡丹文が小型になり形式化した藻獅子の韋が生まれ，また正平6年(1351)の年紀を染めた正平韋などがつくられた。近世には武家や庶民の間で用いられた巾着（きんちやく），鼻紙袋，煙管（きせる）袋の類に染韋が応用され，京都，大坂，姫路でそれらの染韋がつくられたが，明治時代にはいってから東京駒込の小林総斎，小伝馬町の稲塚米吉らの工人によってもつくられるようになった。革細工【岡田 譲】。…

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