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Seitei (Shotei) WATANABE  -  1851-1918      Kuchi-e Pioneer

Seitei (Shotei) Watanabe

Seitei (Shotei) Watanabe 1851-1918

Seitei Watanabe began to study art at the age of sixteen. For a short period he worked with Shibata Zeshin. He contributed handicraft work to the Paris Exhibition of 1878. He remained in Paris for three years to study European style painting. After his return to Japan, he could continue to contribute to exhibitions of Japanese art and handicraft outside the country and won several awards for painting. Seitei Watanabe was one of the pioneers of kuchi-e.
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs