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Watanabe was born in [[1697]] in the Inaba [[daimyo yashiki|mansion]] in [[Edo]], and was raised in the castle-town of [[Sakura]], where the Inaba were (briefly, at that time) lords of [[Sakura han|Sakura domain]]. As an adult, Watanabe inherited his own sub-fief or [[stipend]] of 150 ''[[koku]]''. In [[1723]], the Inaba were transferred from Sakura to Yodo domain, based at [[Fushimi]], and thus Watanabe moved as well.  

Watanabe was born in [[1697]] in the Inaba [[daimyo yashiki|mansion]] in [[Edo]], and was raised in the castle-town of [[Sakura]], where the Inaba were (briefly, at that time) lords of [[Sakura han|Sakura domain]]. As an adult, Watanabe inherited his own sub-fief or [[stipend]] of 150 ''[[koku]]''. In [[1723]], the Inaba were transferred from Sakura to Yodo domain, based at [[Fushimi]], and thus Watanabe moved as well.  

In [[1729]]/4, an [[elephant]] from Vietnam was brought before the Emperor; Watanabe's volume ''Zô kiyô'' (roughly, "Elephant Bulletin") records what he saw of, or heard about, this elephant's passage through the city. In 1748, Korean and Ryukyuan embassies separately passed through Fushimi and [[Kyoto]] on their way to pay respects to the shogun in Edo; Watanabe's ''Nyûrai Ryûkyû ki'' and XX record, again, what he either witnessed directly, or heard about, these events.

In [[1729]]/4, an [[elephant]] from Vietnam was brought before the Emperor; Watanabe's volume ''Zô kiyô'' (roughly, "Elephant Bulletin") records what he saw of, or heard about, this elephant's passage through the city. In 1748, Korean and Ryukyuan embassies separately passed through Fushimi and [[Kyoto]] on their way to pay respects to the shogun in Edo; Watanabe's ''Nyûrai Ryûkyû ki'' and ''Chôsenjin raihei ki'' record, again, what he either witnessed directly, or heard about, these events.

Another text by Watanabe, ''Kagurashû'', records his experience of festival celebrations held in Yodo in connection with [[Ise Shrine]] in [[1752]].

Another text by Watanabe, ''Kagurashû'', records his experience of festival celebrations held in Yodo in connection with [[Ise Shrine]] in [[1752]].