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Common name: Nobori
Name: Sadayasu
Bynames: Hakuto and Sian
Pen names: Kazan, Gukaido, and Zenrakudo |
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Feudal retainer to Mikawanokuni Tahara |
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Biographical
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He was born in a tenement in Edo (old Tokyo).
He studied painting to earn a living, studied Confucianism under
Sato Issai, and under Matsuzaki Kodo later on. In 1832, he served in
Edo (old Tokyo) as a Toshiyoriyaku, a government official, where he was
in charge of coastal defense. He was acquainted with Takano Choei (1804
to 1850) and Koseki Sanei (1787 to 1839) and studied foreign affairs.
In 1839 he was implicated in the case of "Bansha no Goku", and
kept in confinement at home under house arrest until he committed suicide in 1841
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Kazan
as Artist |
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Kazan was well known as an artist. He mastered the techniques of Western
art to enhance acquire a more realistic painting technique. His portrait of "Takami
Senseki" is designated as a national treasure. |
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"Bansha
no Goku" |
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In 1837, the US registered vessel the Morrison arrived in Japan to
request trade, the shogunate ran them off under cannon fire in accordance with
the "Gaikokusen Uchiharairei" (Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels) This
is known as the "Morrison Incident." In opposition to the hard line
of the shogunate, Watanabe Kazan wrote "Shinki-ron" and Takano Choei
wrote "Bojutsu Yume Monogatari" representing deliberate arguments. The
shogunate was alarmed at the influence of Kazan over the scholars of foreign studies
and punished Kazan and Choei for this reason. "Bansha" is what the group
around Kazan was called. |
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| "Shinshaku Yochi zusetu" |
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| "Chigakujimo" |
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Along with " "
(kazan) and " "
(zenrakudo bunko) there are known to be five other types. |
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and the size of the ex-libris ownership stamp |
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 (zenrakudo):
53x19mm |
 (tahara
hanshi watanabe nobori zoshoki): 59x34mm |
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Collection |
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Among "Kyubaku Hikitsutsugi sho" (Books Inherited from
the Old Feudal Government) are some Dutch translations called "Kazan
Bosshu-bon" (Kazan Suppressed Books), but it is not known if they constitute
the entire old collection. |
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