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I've made this into a stand-alone thread as the original insert into Janel's thread was detracting from her intent. If anyone has any names/web addresses or books/auctions/dealers referring to recognised carvers I've missed, please put up a post about it and I'll chase it up. The list, so far, is up-to-date as of 2003.

Drawing it up has thrown up a number of issues. How do you define a netsuke-shi? Is it somebody who has an established reputation and does it as a full-time occupation? Somebody in training? Somebody who makes it a central hobby, but has other work? Someone who has sold their first piece? Someone who's recognised by patrons and dealers? Someone who is in museum collections? Someone who pursues carving as one of a number of arts? And what about all those anonymous Chinese carvers, some of whom are excellent in their own right?

Anyway, here's the list so far: (updated 30.3.10)


CONTEMPORARY NETSUKE CARVERS

AUSTRALIA
Vaughan Cottle
Rudi Mineur
Leigh Slogget
Susan Wraight


AUSTRIA
Gernot Schluifer (deceased)


BELGIUM
Alain Vereycken


CANADA
Alex Ignatius
David Kuser


CZECH REPUBLIC
Miroslav Makovièka


FRANCE
Laurent Gerdil
Yann Christophe Lemaire
Serge Raoux


GERMANY
Hako
Harald Hayen


ISRAEL
George Weil


JAPAN
(surname first; otherwise, working name)

Akemi
Akihide, Kawahara (Meishu)
Akira, Kuroiwa
Ango
Atsushi
Bafunzan, Umaroku
Bishu, Saito
Bokusai
Caho
Gaho
Godo
Gyokusho
Gyokuzan
Hako
Haruhiko
Hiroaki, Nakanishi
Hidechika, Chounsai
Hidefumi
Hideyuki
Hiroaki
Hodo
Hogan
Hosen
Hozan
Ichiro
Ikku
Ippu, Wachi
Isoji
Issan
Isshu
Itaro
Jin
Juko
Jusho, Kobari
Kagetoshi
Kangyuko
Kanko
Kansui, Wakabayashi
Kazu
Kazuaki
Kazuo
Kenji
Kiho, Tagaki
Kinsui
Kinuyo
Kokusai
Kokuu
Koetsu
Kosen
Koun
Koyu
Kozan, Fukuyama
Kuya
Kyusen, Rakunoken
Maeda, Ataru
Masahiro
Masami
Masanao
Masayiki, Hariya
Masayuki
Matsuzaka, Junichi
Meigyokusai
Meikan, Shoji
Meikei
Meishu (Akihide)
Minko
Minkoku, Genryosai
Mitzuyuki
Miyazawa, Ryousyuu
Mokuchu
Mokujiro
Nakanishi, Hiroaki
Natsuo
Omu
Ranju
Ryosei
Ryosen
Ryoshu II
Ryoshu III
Ryu
Ryushi, Komada
Sachiko
Sawako
Seiho
Seisui
Seizan
Senpo
Setsuji
Shingetsu
Shinichiro
Shinkyo
Shinsei
Shinryo
Shinzan
Shizuka
Shogen
Shogetsu
Shoji, Kukan
Shoko
Shokyu
Shubi
Shuho
Shukusai
Shunryo
Shusui
Shuzan, Nagamachi
Sosui, Ouchi
Sukenaga, Matsuda
Sumi
Tadahisa
Tadakumo
Tadamine
Takako
Takashi
Tami
Tanetoshi, Hiraga
Teruo
Tetsuro
Tomie
Tomizo
Tomo
Tomokazu
Toshiki, Tanaka
Tomo, Muramatsu
Toun
Unryuan
Unshu
Yako
Yamada
Yasufusa, Saitou
Yoji
Yoka, Mukaida
Yuko


MOLDOVA
Natasha Popova


NETHERLANDS
Ko Baas
Léon Mommersteeg


NEW ZEALAND
Owen Mapp
Doug Marsden
Donn Salt
Yuri Terenyi


RUSSIA
Alexey Gur`ev
Valeriy Lipatnikov
Sergey Makarenkov


SOUTH AFRICA
Ford Hallam


SWITZERLAND
Cornel Schneider


UKRAINE
Slava Chernoshey
Alexander Derkachenko
Oleg Doroshenko
Joseph Epstein
Galina Mudrovskaya
Sergey Osipov
Andrey Shilov
Oleg Stokoz
Anatoliy Tarapaka


UNITED KINGDOM
David Blissett
Clive Hallam
Nick Lamb
Pamela Stewart Pearson
Ian Stanley
Michael Webb (deceased?)
Peter Welsh
Larry Wilkes


UNITED STATES
Bradford Blakely
David Carlin
Janel Jacobson
Jim Kelso
Matt Kowollik
Gerald Milazzo
Armin Muller
Roy Rankin
Lynn Richardson
Doug Sanders
Debbie Shedden
W.C.Shotts
Tom Sterling
Gregg Stradiotto
Anthony Towne
Kelly Winn