Girl Mountaineer
- 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.
Girl Mountaineer places Azechi's female climbing subject alongside the overwhelmingly male population of his mountain world. Women climbers were a growing presence in Japanese mountaineering by mid-century, and their inclusion in his visual vocabulary acknowledged the reality of the climbing community he observed. The girl mountaineer—smaller in scale, lighter in equipment weight, but no less purposeful than the male climbers who dominate his output—appears in his bold simplified style as a distinct figure type.
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.
Girl Mountaineer was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Girl Mountaineer depicts landscapes and children.