Umetaro Azechi

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Umetaro Azechi Clear Day
Clear Day , 1956
Woodblock Print
24 x 16 in
$2,200
Umetaro Azechi Bird calling Mountain Man
Bird calling Mountain Man , 1968
Woodblock Print
22.75 x 16.5 in
$1,200
Umetaro Azechi Bird Looks at Man_s Head
Climbing Rope (Zairu) , 1957
Woodblock Print
15.25 x 9.75 in
$750
Umetaro Azechi Departing (small)
Departing(small) , C. 1950
Woodblock Print
17.5 x 12 in
$750
Umetaro Azechi Kenomo Wo (Man who chases Beasts)
Kenomo Wo (Man who chases Beasts) , 1955
Woodblock Print
20 x 15 in
$900
Umetaro Azechi Landscape
Man who carries rope (Zairu wo Mot) , 1969
Woodblock Print
15 x 10 in
$750
Umetaro Azechi Man with White Star
Man with White Star , 1972
Woodblock Print
17.5 x 13 in
$1,100
Umetaro Azechi Mountaineer in red cloak
Mountaineer in red cloak , 1957
Woodblock Print
8 x 4 in
$225
Umetaro Azechi Mountain House
Mountain House , 1968
Woodblock Print
22 x 17.5 in
$1,250
Umetaro Azechi Portrait of a Mountain Man
Portrait of a Mountain Man , 1968
Woodblock Print
22 x 16.75 in
$1,200
Umetaro Azechi Setting forth
Setting forth , 1955
Woodblock Print
8.5 x 8.25 in
$600
Umetaro Azechi Tori to Tomoni (Mountain man with bird)
Tori to Tomoni (Mountain Man with bird) , 1958
Woodblock Print
12.5 x 6 in
$600
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Umetaro Azechi Biography

Umetaro Azechi, 1902-1999

Umetaro Azechi was born in Uwjima in Ehime prefecture on the island of Shikoku
as the son of poor farmers. As a young boy he wanted to become an aritst
and began with an art course by correspondence from Tokyo.

He went to Tokyo and got a job delivering newspapers. Later he was supported and encouraged by Unichi Hiratsuka. After World War ll he became famous and his prints are in renowned museums such as the collections of the British Museum,and Art Institute of Chicago. Umetaro Azechi was an avid mountaineer and many of his subjects show mountaineers and mountain landscapes.

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