Edo period 19th century
Watanabe Kazan
Tokyo 20.10.1793 — Tahara 23.11.1841
Watanabe Kazan (Japanese: 渡辺崋山) was a Japanese artist, scholar, and samurai during the reign of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th Tokugawa Shogun of Japan. Watanabe Kazan simultaneously handled the administration of his province, Western science, and national defense issues during a period marked by social and political unrest.
1793–1841