$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.
The 1960 Path of the Antelope (Kamoshika no michi)—an ink-on-paper work rather than woodblock—shows Azechi working in a more spontaneous medium to capture the narrow trails used by the Japanese serow (kamoshika), the mountain goat-like animal native to Japan's alpine terrain. The serow's paths, worn into steep slopes over generations of animal movement, were often also used by climbers, the animal's route-finding intelligence preceding the human mountaineer's. The kamoshika was one of Azechi's favorite mountain animal subjects.
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.
Path of the Antelope (Kamoshika no michi) was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1960.
Path of the Antelope (Kamoshika no michi) depicts landscapes, animals, and mountains.