Sakubei Yamamoto | |
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山本作兵衛 | |
| Born | 17 May 1892 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 19 December 1984 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Scenes of mining life in 20th century Japan |
| Style | Sumi-e, watercolour, naïve art |
Sakubei Yamamoto (山本作兵衛, 17 May 1892 – 19 December 1984) was a Japanese coal miner and artist. His sumi-e and watercolour work, which was heavily annotated, depicted the life he had experienced as a miner, and a collection of his paintings and diaries formed the first Japanese entry in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, inscribed in 2011.