Japan Art from Edo to Contemporary
Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) was born in Kyoto. He was gifted from a very young age. Hence, it is easy to imagine how the cultural imprints of Koyasan, Kyoto, Nara, Negoro-ji, and other places in the Kansai region impacted his artistic soul.
The world of Buddhism and Shintoism – and the power of Confucianism – shaped his political thinking. Accordingly, while little is known about his early life...