Climbing the Mountain
- 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.
Climbing the Mountain—the fundamental act of Azechi's artistic and personal life—appears as a subject in its most direct statement: the upward movement, the body tilted forward against gravity, the mountain terrain as both obstacle and destination. His simplified figure ascending against a simplified mountain background captures the essential relationship that defined his worldview: the human will exerted against the vertical world, small against large, warm against cold, persistent against the mountain's indifference.
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 the Mountain was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Climbing the Mountain depicts landscapes and mountains.