Chinese Lady
- Date:
- ca. 1912–1914
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
$2,000–$15,000+. Common subjects: $2,000–$5,000. Key value factors: As the founder of sosaku-hanga, Yamamoto's prints carry great historical significance. His earliest works are the most valued.
Created between approximately 1912 and 1914, this woodblock print portrays a Chinese woman in a composition that reflects Yamamoto's interest in depicting people from the countries he encountered during his years abroad. The figure is rendered with a simplicity that strips away decorative excess, focusing on posture, clothing, and facial expression as carriers of cultural identity. Yamamoto's approach to portraiture differs markedly from the idealized beauties of the [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) tradition; he treated his subjects as individuals observed from life rather than types drawn from convention. The print belongs to a group of works depicting women from various Asian and European cultures, forming an informal ethnographic record filtered through the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) ethic of direct, personal printmaking.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Chinese Lady was created by Kanae Yamamoto (山本鼎) in ca. 1912–1914.
Chinese Lady depicts figures and portraits.
