Mount Ishizuchi, Shôwa period, dated 1940
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
The Showa-period Mount Ishizuchi from 1940 returns to his home mountain four years after the earlier print, the subject now rendered in a more fully developed version of his bold graphic style. By 1940 Azechi had been printing seriously for several years and the Ishizuchi of this date shows a more confident reduction of the peak's form than the 1936 version—the mountain's rocky character translated into the clean geometric language he was developing toward its mature expression.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mount Ishizuchi, Shôwa period, dated 1940 was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Mount Ishizuchi, Shôwa period, dated 1940 depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.