$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 Man Eating—a figure in the domestic act of consuming food, presumably in a mountain setting—is one of Azechi's most intimate and unglamorous subjects. Eating in the mountain world was a specific experience: the appetite sharpened by exertion and altitude, the food often simple but intensely satisfying, the act of nourishment a fundamental human requirement made more vivid by the extreme environment surrounding it. His bold simplified rendering gave this ordinary act the same formal dignity as the summit arrival.
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 - man eating was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Unknown - man eating depicts figures, food & drink, and daily life.
