Gallery 4B: Prints by Azechi Umetarō
Mountain Man Taking a Quick Rest. Published by Chikuhōdō. Undated. 15.1 x 9.6 cm
Azechi Umetarō (1902-1999) grew up in a rural farming community and initially received his art training via an art correspondence course located in Tokyo. He eventually moved to Tokyo and was mentored by the sōsaku hanga artist Hiratsuka Unichi. Azechi was an avid mountain climber. Depictions of mountain men are a recurring theme is his artwork.
Many of Azechi’s prints were published by Chikuhōdō which remains in business today.
Azechi, like many sosaku hanga artists, also designed ex libris, examples of which can be viewed in Gallery 12
Yukiguni Fukei (Landscape of Snow Country). 15.6 x 10.9 cm
Frontispiece from the book Mountain Eyeball. No. 255 of 500. 1964. 12.8 x 15.8 cm
Mountain Family. 1975. 9.1 x 12.7 cm
Quite Street. Machine Pritned Woodblock Print. From Hanga Magazine. 13.8 x 10.7 cm
Catapiller and Leaf the from book cover of Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 7.5 x 8.4 cm
Mountain House from Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō . 11.9 x 10.4 cm
Bird and Mountain Man from Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 10.2 x 11.3 cm
Azechi Umetaro. Fish Hooks. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 10.6 x 12.0 cm
Plum and Bird. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 10.6 x 12.0 cm
Umbrella. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō.. 10.8 x 12.0 cm
Snow Mountain. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 10.5 x 11.8 cm
Earth, From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 10.6 x 12.0 cm
Flying Insect. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 12.0 x 10.7 cm
Bird and Flowers. Untitled. From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1976. 11.9 x 10.5 cm
Snow Valley. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 10.8 x 11.8 cm
Mountain Man. From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1979. 11.7 x 10.3
Two People. From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1982. 11.8 x 9.6 cm
Cup. From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1983. 11.4 x 10.4 cm
Untitled. From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1991. 11.8 x 10.7 cm
From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1992. 11.9 x 10.5 cm
From Modern Print Calendar. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1994. 11.9 x 10.4 cm
Cicada. Published by Chikuhōdō. Undated. 12.8 x 10.8 cm
Carp Streamer. Published by Chikuhōdō. 1928. 11.9 x 10.0 cm
Frontisepiece inserted in the book Mountain Debeso. No 72 of 100. 1966. 9.7 x 13.3 cm
Mountain Man. Undated. 10.4 x 14.8 cm
Holding a Bird. Published by Chikuhōdō. Undated 9.0 x 14.8 cm
Mountain Man. Undated. 10.4 x 14.8 cm
Man and a White Bird. From Works of Azechi Umetaro, Vol. 2. Sanyo, Mountain Poems. Published by Chikuhōdō. 9.6 x 14.7 cm
Mountain Man Laughing. Published by Chikuhōdō. Undated. 9.9 x 14.9 cm
Untitled. Image of a Mountain Man with Ax. Undated. 10.00 x 14.9 cm
Dried Sardines. From Dojin zasshi magazine 15. Published by Hanga no le. 1930, 13.1 x 17.2 cm
Untitled. 1960. 13.3 x 17.2
Repose. 1963. Printed by Sokichi Kobayashi.
Print from the cover of North and South Story. Published by Kodansha, 1972. 8.6 x 5.3 cm
Mountain man and Frog. No. 42 of 100. Woodblock illustration from the book North and South Story. Published by Kodansha, 1972. 11.4 x 15.3 cm
Red Face. From Print Appreciation Meeting Collection. Vol. I (No. 178/200). 1980. 12.0 x 18.0 cm
From Print Appreciation Meeting Collection. Vol. II (No. 178/200). 1980. 15.0 x 21.0 cm
Sword Hut. Artist Proof. 1955. 18 x 18 cm
New Year Postcard for 1959. 9.0 x 14.0 cm
New Year Postcard for 1966. 9.0 x 14.1 cm
New Year Postcard for 1971. 10.0 x 14.8 cm
New Year Postcard for 1973. 10.0 x 14.9 cm
New Year Postcard for 1979. 10.1 x 14.9 cm
New Year Postcard for 1981. 10.1 x 14.9 cm