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Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山

Also known as: Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山; primary name: Watanabe Kazan; other name: Gūkaidō; other name: Hakuto; other name: Kazan Gaishi; other name: Kintonkyo; other name: Noboru; other name: Sakuhi Koji; other name: Shian; other name: Zenrakudō; other name: Zuian Koji
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; author/poet; Bunjinga School; Japanese; Male
Life dates: 1793-1841
Biography: Painter and calligrapher, also author; one of the most celebrated 'literati' of his day, known for his painting and calligraphy in the Chinese style, his experiments in Western pictorial methods, and eventually for his writings on politics, which led to his imprisonment and suicide. After the end of the long Policy of Seclusion in 1853, he rapidly became identified as a hero of those who had sought Japan's emergence from isolation.

21 related objects

album; carte-de-visite

Museum number: 2001,0215,0.1.1-42 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1878-88 |
Production place: Made in:Tokyo-to

fan; painting

Museum number: 1993,0906,0.1 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Painted by:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14601 Tenpo Era |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Ranchiku fu 蘭竹譜 |
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.255 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; album; print

Title: Kazan gafu 華山画譜 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.395.1 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1911 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; album; print

Title: Kazan gacho 華山画帖 |
Museum number: 1939,0524,0.72 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; album; print

Title: Kazan gafu 華山画譜 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.395.2 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1911 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; book-cover; print

Title: Isso hyakutai 一掃百態 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.384 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1879 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Kazan-o ranchiku gafu 華山翁蘭竹画譜 |
Museum number: 1973,0723,0.146 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 After:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Kazan gafu 華山画譜 |
Museum number: 1915,0823,0.254 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Isso hyakutai 一掃百態 |
Museum number: 1938,1112,0.3 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Ranchiku fu 蘭竹譜 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.385.2 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

illustrated book; print

Title: Ranchiku fu 蘭竹譜 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.385.1 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; handscroll; letter; fan

Museum number: 1982,0701,0.9 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Painted by:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting

Museum number: 1901,0516,0.36 |
Producer name: Claimed to be by:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山Attributed to a Follower of:Tani Buncho 谷文晁 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; hanging scroll

Title: Insen shikaku zu |
Museum number: 1913,0501,0.444 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Painted by:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1820-1841 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; fan

Museum number: 1973,0226,0.69 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Painted by:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1946,0209,0.53 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Claimed to be by:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1913,0501,0.443 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Attributed to:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 19thC(mid) |
Production place: Made in:Japan

print; surimono

Title: Suikoden |
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.622 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Production date: 1793-1841 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

shini-e

Title: Basho shozo shinseki |
Museum number: 1902,0212,0.381 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Production date: 1793-1841 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

shini-e

Title: Shiko shozo shinseki |
Museum number: 1906,1220,0.623 |
Producer name: BIOG2783 Print artist:Watanabe Kazan 渡邊崋山 |
Production date: 1793-1841 |
Production place: Made in:Japan