East Asian inspired kettle, Japanese Illustration Print, Watanabe ShōteiEast Asian inspired kettle, Japanese Illustration Print, Watanabe Shtei Watanabe Shtei aka Watanabe Seitei ( , 1851 in Edo 1918) was a Nihonga painter and one of the first to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. Shtei blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Ysai school, introducing a new approach to kachga or kacho (bird and flower painting). Available as a