Kajikawa Makie

A school of maki-e artists in the Edo period. Since the master maki-e artist Hikobei served the Tokugawa family around the Kanbun to Tenna era (1661-1684), his disciple Kujiro became his successor and made a name for himself with his elaborate inro maki-e. Later, his descendants and their school were active alongside other schools such as Koami and Koma, and their works were called Kajikawa maki-e. Among those belonging to this lineage were Bunryusai, Yoshiro, Tsuneju, Yoshinobu, and Seizaemon, whose names were mainly written on inro, but there are no detailed biographies of them.

[Goka loyal retainer]

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江戸時代の蒔絵師の一派。寛文(かんぶん)～天和(てんな)年間（1661～1684）ころに蒔絵の名手の彦兵衛が徳川家に仕えて以来、その門弟の久次郎が後継者となり、精巧な印籠(いんろう)蒔絵で名をなした。のち子孫とその一派は、ほかの幸阿弥(こうあみ)や古満(こま)などの各派に伍(ご)して活躍し、その作品を梶川蒔絵とよんだが、この家系に属したものに、文龍斎、与四郎、常寿、良延、清左衛門が主として印籠に名を記しているが、その詳細な伝記はない。

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