$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.
The mountain climber's grief—loss in the high places, whether of a companion, a summit, or simply the weight of what the mountains demand—is rendered by Azechi with the same bold, simplified figure style he brought to joy and determination. The figure's posture carries the emotional content: a mountain man reduced, bent perhaps, the upright confidence of the climber temporarily broken by what the mountains have taken. Azechi's folk-art visual language compressed feeling into form rather than facial expression, making grief visible through the body's altered geometry.
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.
Grief of Mountaineer was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1957.
Grief of Mountaineer depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.