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Japanese painter of the Edo period, lived 1784 - 1837. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG2784 Painter. There are various conflicting accounts of the artistic training undertaken by Yokoyama Kazan, who was adopted into a Kyoto family of loom-weavers. Among several painters said to be his teacher are Gan Ku (1749-1838) and Go Shun (1752-1811), and copies are known by Kazan of the eccentric works of Soga Shohaku (1730-81). individual; painter/draughtsman; Maruyama-Shijo School; Japanese; Male