Umetada is a Japanese style of decoration for metal work.
[1] But in the Momoyama period, a certain Umetada Myoju (1558–1631)[2][3] emerged to become the founder of the manufacture of so-called "new swords," or shinto,[4] and to rank with Kaneie and Nobuie as a great designer and maker of sword guards.
Most of the things that do remain are works in inlay, (zogan) in copper, brass, and shakudo using designs that recall the colorful pictures of the Ogata Kōrin school.
Both nameless craftsmen and a certain Mitsutada are known to have done this kind of work before Myoju.
Those before Myoju are based on Shoami ideas and are called Ko-Umetada, or old Umetada.