$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 Sunbaking—a figure at rest in sunlight, warming themselves in the mountain sun—shows Azechi's climber in the particular pleasure of alpine sunshine after cold, the body turned toward the warmth with the same instinctive directness that flowers turn toward light. Sunbaking in the mountain context was a specific pleasure: the air still cold enough to require clothing, but the sun's direct radiation warm enough to penetrate it, creating the unique thermal experience of mountain solar warmth in cold air.
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.
Unknown- sunbaking was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Unknown- sunbaking depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.