early life and training zenkichi nagata, also known as aōdō denzen, was a japanese painter and copperplate engraver born in sukagawa, japan in 1748. he was a leading figure in japanese painting during the late edo period and is credited with introducing western painting to japan. artistic style and techniques aōdō employed western-style painting techniques such as perspective and shading to achieve western-style copperplate engravings.…