Unknown
- 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.
Unknown—a print without a recorded title—represents one of the inevitable gaps in art historical documentation, where the artwork survives but its intended title has been lost. Azechi's output was large enough across his nearly century-long life that some works escaped adequate documentation. The visual qualities of the print itself—its bold simplified style, its likely figure or mountain subject—locate it firmly within his body of work even without the verbal anchor of a title.
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
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Unknown was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Unknown depicts figures and mountains.
