$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.
Farm Woman—a figure from the rural world Azechi grew up in before finding the mountains—shows his bold, simplified style applied to a subject of agricultural labor. The farm woman's figure, strong and compact, shaped by physical work in the same way the mountain man's body was shaped by climbing, occupies her compositional space with practical self-sufficiency. Azechi's mountain village subjects connected the climbing world to the farming world, both communities sharing the same vertical terrain.
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
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Farm Woman was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Farm Woman depicts figures, daily life, and village scenes.
