Yamanaka Shintenno 山中信天翁

山中信天翁 Yamanaka Shintenno / 山中静逸 Yamanaka Seiitsu (1822-1885)
Born Mikawa. Calligrapher, Politician, and Confucian scholar. Studied under Shinozaki Shochiku and Saito Setsudo. Worked on national affairs at the end of the Edo period. Served the court noble Iwakura Tomomi at the beginning of the Meiji era. Skilled in calligraphy, painting, waka poetry, and seal-engraving.