Denzen

Discovered May 24, 1992 by T. Seki at Geisei.

Aoudou Denzen (1748-1822) was a western-style painter of the Edo period born in Sukagawa in Oshu (now Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture). He was the first artist in Japan to perfect elaborate western-style copper plate engraving. The name was suggested by H. Sato.

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