Woman Mountain Climber
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Woman Mountain Climber—the female alpinist as Azechi's subject—acknowledges the growing participation of women in Japanese mountaineering through the mid-twentieth century. His woman climber would be depicted in the same bold simplified style as his male mountaineer figures, the gender difference rendered through body proportion and perhaps equipment or clothing rather than any qualitative distinction in the relationship to the mountain. The woman climber belonged to the same world as the man, her presence in the high places equally valid.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Woman Mountain Climber was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Woman Mountain Climber depicts landscapes and mountains.