Mountain man with a rope
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art of Japan
$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.
Mountain Man with a Rope—the climber connected by the essential safety line of technical alpinism—appears in Azechi's prints as both specific mountaineering subject and symbolic image. The rope's presence implies the team: there must be another figure at the other end, the rope making visible the invisible bond of roped climbing partners who have committed to catching each other's falls. His bold, simplified rendering of the figure with rope makes the equipment as much a part of the mountain man's identity as the ice axe or heavy boots.
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.
Mountain man with a rope was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Mountain man with a rope depicts landscapes and mountains.