$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.
Hunter and Rifle—a figure armed for pursuit in mountain terrain—pairs the traditional hunting subject with the specific form of the rifle, the modern weapon that had replaced the bow and snare in the alpine hunting traditions of rural Japan. The rifle-armed hunter occupied mountain terrain in a fundamentally different way from the unarmed climber: purposeful in a specific directional sense, his body organized by the need to move quietly and observe carefully. Azechi's bold simplification captured this quality of purposeful attention.
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.
Hunter and Rifle was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Hunter and Rifle depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.