$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 in 1919, this woodblock print reduces a marine view to its most fundamental elements: water, sky, and the line where they meet. Yamamoto's treatment of the seascape strips away the picturesque details, fishing boats, and coastal architecture that typically populate Japanese ocean prints, leaving only the essential encounter between two vast horizontal planes. The carving and printing technique allows for subtle tonal variation within the water and sky, suggesting the movement of waves and the shifting quality of coastal light without resorting to literal description. The print reflects Yamamoto's increasing confidence in abstraction during the late 1910s, when his work moved further from representational convention toward a more personal visual language rooted in direct observation.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Seascape was created by Kanae Yamamoto (山本鼎) in 1919.
Seascape depicts seascapes.
