Kanae Yamamoto1882~1946 山本鼎

Yamamoto Kanae (1882-1946) was a Japanese printmaker, oil painter, and educator born in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, and is regarded as the founder of the sosaku-hanga (creative print) movement. After entering the Western painting program at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1902, he caused a sensation with his 1904 woodblock print “Fisherman” published in Myojo magazine, in which he himself served as designer, carver, and printer. In 1907 he co-founded the art and literary magazine Hosun with Ishii Hakutei and Morita Tsunetomo, and from 1912 to 1916 he studied in Paris. After returning, he founded the Japan Creative Print Association in 1918, promoted the Free Drawing Education movement, and in 1919 opened the Farmers’ Art Training Institute. He died on October 8, 1946, at age 65.