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Educator. Born in Chosei-gun, Chiba. He devoted his life to education in tailoring. He was apprenticed to a tailor in Edo. In 1868, upon finishing his apprenticeship, he returned to his hometown and started teaching sewing to children in the region while practicing as a tailor. Later, starting with Chonan Primary School, he taught tailoring at Chiba Normal School for Women, Tokyo Women's Normal School, and others, and was subsequently appointed Education Ministry official. From 1881 he started to establish private schools such as Wayo Saiho Denshujo (now Tokyo Kasei University), Kyoritsu Women's Vocational School (now Kyoritsu Women's Educational Institution), which pioneered vocational training for women in Japan. He also wrote textbooks on sewing techniques and training, and spread a new technique of sewing called the Watanabe Method.
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Watanabe, Tatsugoro 
