Title unknown [Figure]

The 1950 Title Unknown Figure—a figure print without a recorded title—shows Azechi in his early mature period producing a figure composition that collection records lost the context for. The simplified human form, likely a mountain man or village figure given the period and Azechi's consistent preoccupations, stands in woodblock on paper with the bold directness of his emerging style. Even without a title the work's formal qualities situate it clearly within his developing visual language.