Yoshimasa Nagoshi

A kettle maker from the Momoyama period. The son of Jyoyu, he is said to be the 11th head of the Nagoshi family. He was commonly known as Yashichiro. He lived in the Kyoto Sanjo Kamanza, and was known as a master craftsman of Kyoto kettles along with Nishimura Dounin, who was also at the kettle maker. He was given the title of "Tenkaichi" (best in the world), and later became a kettle maker for Tokugawa Ieyasu. According to the family genealogy, the first Nagoshi Shichirozaemon was the second son of Hojo Yoshitoki, but this is not very reliable. Zensho built the foundation for the family to be famous for tea ceremony kettles, and his eldest son Sansho became the first head of the Kyoto Nagoshi family, while his second son Iemasa went down to Edo and established the Edo Nagoshi family. Sansho is particularly known for his work as a master carpenter in the casting of the large temple bell of Hokoji Temple, and Iemasa became the kettle maker for the Tokugawa Shogunate, which prospered through successive generations. There are few surviving works by Zensho, but in Nishimura Doya's book "Meibutsu Kama-Ozai Nayose" (Famous Kama Possessions), he includes "Sarugama," a collaboration with Nishimura Michihito, as well as "Yoho Tsutsukama," "Tsunebari Kama," and "Shiribari Kama."

[Harada Kazutoshi]

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桃山時代の釜師(かまし)。浄祐(じょうゆう)の子で、名越家の11代と伝える。通称弥七郎(やしちろう)。京都三条釜座(かまんざ)に住し、同じ釜座の西村道仁(どうにん)とともに京釜の名工として知られ、「天下一」の称号を名のり、のち徳川家康の釜師になったという。名越家は、家譜によれば、その初代七郎左衛門は北条義時(よしとき)の次男としているが、信憑(しんぴょう)性は乏しい。善正は茶の湯釜の名家としての基礎をつくり、長男の三昌(さんしょう)は京都名越家の初代となり、次男の家昌(いえまさ)は江戸に下って江戸名越家を開いた。三昌はとくに方広寺の大梵鐘(ぼんしょう)の鋳造に際し、鋳物師棟梁(とうりょう)として従事したことがよく知られ、また家昌は徳川将軍家の御用釜師となり、以後代々引き継がれて大いに栄えた。善正の作品の現存するものは少なく、西村道冶(どうや)著の『名物釜所持名寄(なよせ)』では西村道仁との合作「猿釜」や、「四方(よほう)筒釜」「常張釜」「尻張(しりばり)釜」を載せている。

［原田一敏］

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