Watanabe Gentai (1749 - 1822). Watanabe Gentai was a Japanese painter of the late Edo period. Watanabe was originally called Uchida, and was then adopted by the painter Watanabe Sosui. He learned the basics of painting from his adoptive father and studied under Nakayama Koyo. He was very impressed with the painting of famous Chinese painters, especially those from the Ming period, such as Lan Ying and Shen Quan. He created landscapes and flowers and bird pictures, in which he imitated the style of his predecessors. Watanabe Gentai was Tani Buncho's teacher and was therefore one of the artists who founded the Nanga style in the Kanto area. He died at the age of 73 and was buried in the Korin-ji temple in the Azabu area of Edo. One of his most famous pictures is The Peach Blossom City of Wuling in the Tokyo National Museum. His painting instruction called Gentai gafu was popular.