$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.
Repose—a figure at rest, the body released from the sustained effort of climbing or the concentration of mountain navigation—shows Azechi's mountain man in the moment of earned relaxation. The resting climber, whether sitting on a summit rock or lying in the grass at a col, had a different physical quality from the striving climber: the muscles released, the attention diffused, the body's urgent purposefulness dissolved into the simple pleasure of being still at altitude. His bold style captured this quality of released energy.
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.
Repose was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Repose depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.
