Watanabe Kokan 渡辺公観

渡辺公観 Watanabe Kokan (1877-1938)
Japanese painter, active mainly at Bunten (now Nitten). He formed the Japan Free Painting Club with the mid-career painters Iguchi Kashu, Ikeda Keisen, Ueda Banshu and Hayashi Bunto with the aim of producing free-style Japanese paintings. It is said that he became a personal admirer of Yosa Buson during his activities in the Jiyu-ga-dan.