Nabukabira
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$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.
Nabukabira—a place name from what appears to be one of Azechi's northern or alpine landscape subjects, the name's phonetic pattern suggesting a remote area with indigenous or dialectal designation—appears in his output as one of the locationally specific prints that documented actual places alongside his more archetypal mountain compositions. His prints of named places combined topographical attention with his characteristic formal simplification, the place identified but transformed through his bold visual language.
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.
Nabukabira was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Nabukabira depicts landscapes and mountains.