Katsumin Umino

Japanese: 海野勝珉 - うんのしょうみん

Born: May 15, 1844, Mito
[Died] October 6, 1915. Tokyo metal engraver. His real name was Takejiro and Yagoro. He began studying under Mito metalworker Hagiya Katsuhei from the age of nine, and then learned calligraphy and painting from Adachi Baikei. He first went by the names Moseiki, Motohei, Teigetsuan, and Kyokuto, but in 1868 (Meiji 1), he moved to Tokyo and changed his name to Katsumin, studying the engraving techniques of various schools and establishing his own family. He was particularly skilled in inlay, nikubori, and katakiribori, and created a style of gorgeous engraving that combined various metal colors. He became a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and an Imperial Court Artist, and led the craft world in the Meiji period. His major works include "Ranryo-o Figurine" (Imperial Household Agency Sannomaru Shozokan), "Genjoraku Picture Frame" (Tokyo National Museum), and "Hotei Katakiribori Hand Board" (Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum).

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Japanese:

[生]弘化1 (1844).5.15. 水戸
[没]1915.10.6. 東京
彫金家。本名は竹次郎，弥五郎。9歳の頃から水戸の金工萩谷勝平に師事し，次いで安達梅渓に書画を学ぶ。初め藻税軒，基平，貞月庵，旭登などと号したが，明治1（1868）年東京に移住し勝珉と改号，諸派の彫技を研究して一家をなした。特に象眼，肉彫，片切彫に長じ，金属の諸色を配した華やかな彫金の味を出した。東京美術学校教授，帝室技芸員となり明治の工芸界を指導。主要作品『蘭陵王置物』（宮内庁三の丸尚蔵館），『還城楽（げんじょうらく）図額』（東京国立博物館），『布袋片切彫手板』（東京芸術大学大学美術館）。

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