Friends of 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.
Friends of the Mountain—multiple figures united by their shared relationship to the alpine environment—shows Azechi's social vision of mountaineering as community. The friends who climb together develop a specific kind of trust and intimacy, their lives depending on each other's skill and judgment, creating bonds different from ordinary friendship. His bold, simplified rendering of the group likely shows the figures in the proximity of shared endeavor—rope-linked perhaps, or simply standing together at a vantage.
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.
Friends of the mountain was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Friends of the mountain depicts landscapes and mountains.