AZECHI UMETARO (b. 1902)

YAMA NO SAKEBI (CRY ON THE MOUNTAIN) MEGURIAI (REUNION) YAMA NO YOROKOBI (JOY ON THE MOUNTAIN) FURIKAERU OTOKO (MAN TURNING AROUND)

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AZECHI UMETARO (b. 1902)
Yama no sakebi (Cry on the mountain)
Meguriai (Reunion)
Yama no yorokobi (Joy on the mountain)
Furikaeru otoko (Man turning around)
Woodcut, signed and dated signed in pencil in Roman letters U. Azechi and sealed U, each titled in pencil on verso as above, the first dated -56, numbered 9/30; the second dated -56, 36/50; the third dated -57, numbered 11/50; the fourth dated -57 and numbered 10/50, all with tape stains, the second with slight scratches
The first, 23.3/8 x 14.7/8in. (59.5 x 37.5cm.), others each approx. 25 x 18in. (64.8 x 47cm.) (4)

Lot Essay

For other impressions see Kawano Minoru et al., eds., Azechi Umetaro zen hangashu (The complete prints of Azechi Umetaro) (Tokyo and Matsuyama: Machida shiritsu kokusai hanga bijutsukan and Nankai hoso Azechi Umetaro kinen bijutsukan, 1991) pls. 223b, 229, 239 and 241, pp. 92, 96, 100 and 109.