Yamamoto Baiitsu

He was born in Nagoya, son of the sculptor Yamamoto Yumigiemon. His father was in the service of the court of the Tokugawa lords of the Owari Domain.^[1]

He was close friends with the painter Nakabayashi Chikuto (1776-1853).

Two of his paintings have been designated as important cultural property.

His works are held in several museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[2] the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum,^[3] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,^[4] the Art Gallery of New South Wales,^[5] the Art Gallery of South Australia,^[6] the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria,^[7] the Denver Art Museum,^[8] the Santa Barbara Museum of Art,^[9] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,^[10] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,^[11] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,^[12] the British Museum,^[13] the Portland Art Museum,^[14] the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco,^[15] the Honolulu Museum of Art,^[16] the Walters Art Museum,^[17] the Harvard Art Museums,^[18] the Fralin Museum of Art,^[19] the Cleveland Museum of Art,^[20] the Saint Louis Art Museum,^[21] the Detroit Institute of Arts,^[22] the Phoenix Art Museum,^[23] and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.^[24]