$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.
Ishi-Something Mountain—an incompletely recorded title that likely begins with Ishi (stone or rocky) and continues with a mountain name—suggests a print documenting a specific peak characterized by its rocky or stony terrain. Rocky mountains occupy a different visual register than snow-covered ones: more rugged surface, the geological structure visible through the absence of the snow's smoothing layer, the climber's body in direct relationship with the angular stone rather than the yielding white. Azechi's rendering would have captured this different texture of alpine experience.
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.
Ishi-Something Mountaion was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Ishi-Something Mountaion depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.