A Mountain In The Japanese Alps
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$5,000. Common mountain prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Azechi's cheerful mountain prints have consistent demand. Larger and more complex compositions are most valued.
A Mountain in the Japanese Alps—the generic, archetypal mountain rather than a specifically named peak—represents Azechi's mountain as pure form: the triangular or compound shape of an alpine summit, snow on the upper reaches, rock visible below, perhaps a climber's figure dwarfed against the mass. His bold, simplified treatment of mountain landscape gave the peaks the same iconic weight as the mountains in Japanese painting tradition while employing the modern graphic language of the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) movement.
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
1945
Color woodblock print
1961
Color woodblock print; edition 10/100
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Mountain In The Japanese Alps was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
A Mountain In The Japanese Alps depicts landscapes and mountains.