$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.
The Showa-period Climbing Rope (Zairu) from 1957—related to but distinct from the 91/100 edition—may represent a different colorway or compositional variant of the rope-climbing subject. Azechi's practice of making multiple versions of his most personal subjects, each exploring a different formal approach while maintaining the essential subject matter, reflected his conviction that the mountain experience was inexhaustible as material, always offering new angles of approach.
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.
Climbing Rope (Zairu), Shôwa period, dated 1957 was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Climbing Rope (Zairu), Shôwa period, dated 1957 depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.