$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.
Japanese Alps (Nihon Arupusu)—the mountain range that runs through the center of Honshu, encompassing the peaks of Nagano, Gifu, and Shizuoka Prefectures—was Azechi's spiritual home and the primary geography of his imagination. The Alps designation, applied to the Japanese peaks by the British mountaineer Walter Weston in the 1890s, identified them as comparable to the European Alps in scale and difficulty. Azechi's print of the range as a whole captures the massif's collective identity rather than any single peak.
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.
Japanese Alps (Nihon Arupusu) was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Japanese Alps (Nihon Arupusu) depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.