$500–$5,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Azechi's cheerful mountain prints have consistent demand. Larger and more complex compositions are most valued.
Midnight—Ichimokushu Vol. 6 situates this print within a series of prints published in the Ichimokushu collection (One View Series), with this being the sixth volume's midnight contribution. The mountain midnight—experienced by those who wake in alpine huts for the predawn start required by weather conditions and technical difficulty—was a specific kind of darkness, colder and more absolute than valley midnight, the stars unusually brilliant in the thin atmosphere.
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
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Midnight - Ichimokushu Vol 6 was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Midnight - Ichimokushu Vol 6 depicts figures, night scenes, and mountains.
