Yasui Sōtarō

13 works held in 3 museums

Japanese yōga painter, portraits, nudes and still lifes, 1888-1955

Portrait of Woman, Yasui Sōtarō

Portrait of Woman, c. 1912.

婦人像 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Male Figure, Yasui Sōtarō

Male Figure, 1907.

人体 (男) (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Female Nude, Yasui Sōtarō

Female Nude, 1905.

裸婦 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Lamasery at Chengde, Yasui Sōtarō

Lamasery at Chengde, 1938.

承徳喇嘛廟 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Female Figure, Yasui Sōtarō

Female Figure, 1907.

人体 (女） (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Landscape, Yasui Sōtarō

Landscape, 1905.

風景 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

The Economist Fukai Eigo, Yasui Sōtarō

The Economist Fukai Eigo, 1937.

深井英五氏像 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Still Life, Yasui Sōtarō

Still Life, 1906.

静物 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Landscape, Yasui Sōtarō

Landscape, 1905.

風景 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Roses, Yasui Sōtarō

Roses, 1932.

薔薇 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Artizon Museum, Japan

Still Life, Yasui Sōtarō

Still Life, 1906.

静物 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), charcoal on paper

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Bread and Meat, Yasui Sōtarō

Bread and Meat, 1910.

パンと肉 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Self-portrait, Yasui Sōtarō

Self-portrait, 1906.

自画像 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on wood

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Works by Yasui Sōtarō (1888-1955), in the public domain in France since 1 January 2026, published online by the museums that hold them, each linked to its museum record. After seven years of study in France, where Cézanne was the strongest influence on him, he returned to Japan in 1914 and took some fifteen years to find the style later called the "Yasui style": clear outlines, bold colours, deep blacks. The site only shows works whose photograph is free of rights: paintings and the charcoal studies of his early years, 1905-1907. Titles are given in Japanese, with an English translation.