ARAFUNE YAMA (MOUNT ARAFUNE) TOZAN NO MAE (BEFORE THE CLIMB) YATSUGA TAKE (YATSUGA PEAK) YATSUGA TAKE SANROKU KAITAKU MURA (PIONEER VILLAGE NEAR YATSUGA PEAK) SANSON (1) (MOUNTAIN VILLAGE [1])
Details
AZECHI UMETARO (b. 1902)
Arafune yama (Mount Arafune)
Tozan no mae (Before the climb)
Yatsuga take (Yatsuga Peak)
Yatsuga take sanroku kaitaku mura (Pioneer village near Yatsuga Peak)
Sanson (1) (Mountain Village [1])
Woodcut, on torinoko #3 paper, the first n.d. [1940], signed in right margin in Japanese 2600 nen ban (edition of the year 2600) Azechi Umetaro saku, titled as above and sealed in Japanese Ume, 13 x 18.7/8in. (34.9 x 7.9cm.); the second dated in pencil 1953, unsigned, sealed U, and numbered 15/50, 17 x 12.5/8in. (45 x 32cm.); the third signed and dated indistinctly in pencil in Roman script U. Azechi, 1952 (?), sealed U, and numbered 17/50, 12.5/8 x 17in. (32.1 x 43.9cm.); the fourth signed in pencil on verso in Japanese Azechi Umetaro and titled in Japanese in pencil as above, dated in pencil 1958 and numbered 9/50, sealed U, 12 x 17.1/8in. (31.8 x 43.5cm.); the fifth signed and dated in pencil in Roman script U. Azechi -54, sealed U, and numbered 2/20, titled as above in pencil on verso in Japanese, 13.7/8 x 18in. (35.4 x 47.6cm.), mat stain, the first with slight tear to the upper left corner and right edge tape stains, others with small tape stains (5)
Arafune yama (Mount Arafune)
Tozan no mae (Before the climb)
Yatsuga take (Yatsuga Peak)
Yatsuga take sanroku kaitaku mura (Pioneer village near Yatsuga Peak)
Sanson (1) (Mountain Village [1])
Woodcut, on torinoko #3 paper, the first n.d. [1940], signed in right margin in Japanese 2600 nen ban (edition of the year 2600) Azechi Umetaro saku, titled as above and sealed in Japanese Ume, 13 x 18.7/8in. (34.9 x 7.9cm.); the second dated in pencil 1953, unsigned, sealed U, and numbered 15/50, 17 x 12.5/8in. (45 x 32cm.); the third signed and dated indistinctly in pencil in Roman script U. Azechi, 1952 (?), sealed U, and numbered 17/50, 12.5/8 x 17in. (32.1 x 43.9cm.); the fourth signed in pencil on verso in Japanese Azechi Umetaro and titled in Japanese in pencil as above, dated in pencil 1958 and numbered 9/50, sealed U, 12 x 17.1/8in. (31.8 x 43.5cm.); the fifth signed and dated in pencil in Roman script U. Azechi -54, sealed U, and numbered 2/20, titled as above in pencil on verso in Japanese, 13.7/8 x 18in. (35.4 x 47.6cm.), mat stain, the first with slight tear to the upper left corner and right edge tape stains, others with small tape stains (5)
Provenance
The fifth, Dr. Robert Jerry, San Francisco