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Yasui Sotaro

Japanese, 1888–1955

WA-00042420

Kyoto, Japan

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Sōtarō Yasui was a Japanese painter, noted for development of yōga (Western-style) portraiture in early twentieth-century Japanese painting.

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Artworks (5)

Autumn at Lake Towada

1935 · Color woodblock print; edition 56/100

32.3 × 44.7 cm (12 11/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artist and His Model

1934 · Color woodblock print

45.2 × 32.2 cm (17 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fish and Shells

1934 · Color woodblock print; edition 58/100

29.4 × 40.8 cm (11 9/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fruit

1932 · Color woodblock print; edition 79/100

29.6 × 43.9 cm (11 5/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Boso Peninsula

1932 · Color woodblock print; edition 86/100

32 × 44.1 cm (12 9/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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