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Kazan WATANABE - 1793-1841 A Tragedy

Kazan Watanabe

Kazan Watanabe was an Edo painter and printmaker and the son of a samurai. He committed suicide after having been sentenced to death by the Tokugawa administration and later pardoned to permanent house arrest. The artist had secretely studied Western painting, culture and language (Dutch) which had been forbidden during his lifetime.
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K. HAGASHI
Kabukido ENKYO *
Kado INAGAKI *
Kagai NEMOTO *
Kagaku MURAKAMI
Kagen HITOTSUYANAGI
Kagen MURATA
Kaho KAWAKITA
Kaichi KOBAYASHI *
Kaido YAMADA *
Kaii HIGASHIYAMA *
Kaiichi TAGAI *
Kaiseki JOKATA *
Kajo MATSUDA
Kako TSUJI *
Kakujiro YOKOHORI
Kakumasa AKEBAYASHI
Kakutaro IWATA *
Kakuyu SHODA *
Kampo ARAKI *

Kan ISHIZUKA *
Kan KAWADA *
Kan KOZAKI *
Kanae YAMAMOTO *
Kaname SHIMADA
Kancho ODA *
Kanei NISHIYAMA *
Kanekichi NAKAMACHI *
Kanenori SUWA *
Kanetaka URATA *
Kang YONGMING *
Kanichi KAGAKU
Kanichi KATO *
Kanichi MUTO *
Kanji KAWARA *
Kanji MAEDA
Kanji SUZUKI *
Kanko MURAYAMA *
Kanmei KUMAZAWA *
Kanpo ARAI *

Kanpo YOSHIKAWA *
Kanritsu KIDA *
Kansai MORI *
Kansetsu HASHIMOTO *
Kansui MATSUOKA *
Kantatsu YOSHIZAWA *
Kanya KAN
Kanyo KANAMORI
Kaoru KAWANO *
Kaoru SAITO *
Kaoru YAMAGUCHI
Karel APPEL
Karoku MIYACHI
Kasai
Kasen OHIRA *
Kasen SUGAFUJI
Kashio BABA *
Kasho TAKABATAKE
Kashu NUMATA
Kason SUZUKI *

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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

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