Omi Iseki family

Japanese: 近江井関家 - おうみいせきけ

A family of hereditary Noh mask makers from the early modern period. The school was founded by Kazusa no Suke Chikanobu, a disciple of Sankobo, and originally lived in Sakata Kita-gun, Goshu (present-day Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture), where they took the name Iseki. The head mask of the chief priest at Tosa Shrine in Kochi is inscribed with the name Iseki by Chikanobu in 1528. Works by the second Jirozaemon and the third Bitchu no Jo have the inscription Iseki on the back of the mask, so this school was also known as Katakana Iseki. The fourth, Kawachi Ieshige (died 1645), was active in Edo and was highly valued by the Shogunate and other feudal lords. He was known as the best in the world, and his coloring was so unique that it was called Kawachi coloring.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世世襲能面作家の家系。三光坊の弟子上総介親信が開いた一派で，はじめ江州坂田北郡(現，滋賀県長浜市)に住し，井関を名のった。高知土佐神社の尉面は享禄1年(1528)の親信の作銘がある。2代次郎左衛門，3代備中掾あたりの作品には，面裏に〈イセキ〉の刻銘があるので，この派は〈片仮名井関〉とも称された。4代河内家重(1645没)は江戸に出て活躍し，将軍家をはじめ諸大名に重用され，天下一を称した名工で，〈河内彩色〉といわれるほど彩色に独特のものがあった。

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