Descending 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.
Descending the Mountain is the other half of the climbing experience—the return, often more technically demanding than the ascent, requiring concentration already depleted by hours of upward effort. Azechi's rendering of descent would have shown his figure in the forward-leaning, controlled drop of someone picking their way down difficult terrain, the body's relationship to gravity reversed from the optimistic lean of ascent. In his visual world, the descent carried a different emotional quality than the summit-seeking climb.
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.
Descending the Mountain was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Descending the Mountain depicts landscapes and mountains.