Mountaineer With Compass
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$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.
Description
Mountaineer With Compass—the climber using the navigation instrument that extended human orientation beyond visual range—shows Azechi's figure engaged in the technical practice of route-finding in mountain terrain. The compass as object gives the climber a tool of abstraction: a device that connects the immediate physical environment to a larger spatial framework, translating magnetic north into direction of travel. Azechi's rendering of the compass-consulting figure captures the moment of abstracted attention, the climber briefly withdrawn from physical immediacy into spatial reasoning.
More Prints by Umetaro Azechi
A House in the City (Machi no ie), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)"
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
Red Wall (Akai kabe), from the series "Manchuria (Manshu)"
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
Cemetery at Sengakuji, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
1945
Color woodblock print
Brilliance
1961
Color woodblock print; edition 10/100
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mountaineer With Compass was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Mountaineer With Compass depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.