Beschreibung:

AZECHI UMETARO (b. 1902) Shiroi zo (Figure in white) Asosan (Mount Aso) Dai Bosatsu rei (Myuoken no kashira) (Summit of Daibosatsu) Myogisan (Mount Myogi) Sutoubu no mae (By the stove) Yama otoko no kao (The face of a mountaineer) Kariudo (Hunter) Zairu (Rope) Yama otoko (A) (Mountaineer A) Oyako dori (Parent and child birds) Woodcut, each signed in Roman letters U. Azechi or in Japanese Azechi Umetaro , some sealed Ume , most titled as above, the first dated -58 and numbered 60/70, 30.1/8 x 20.3/8in. (76.5 x 51.7cm.); the second n.d., signed in Japanese Azechi Umetaro , sealed Ume , 10.5/8 x 14.5/8in. (27 x 37.2cm.); the third from the series Yama dai sanshu (Mountains, third series), n.d. [1940], sealed Ume , with printed inscription below title 2600 nen ban , 13.5/8 x 18.7/8in (34.6 x 47.6cm.); the fourth from the series Yama dai isshu (Mountains, first series), n.d. [1940], sealed Ume , with printed inscription below the title 2600 nen ban , 13 x 18.7/8in. (34.9 x 47.8cm.); the fifth, dated 1954 and numbered 11/30, 17 x 12.1/8in. (43.2 x 30.8cm.); the sixth dated -55 and numbered 86/100, 9 x 6in. (24.8 x 15.2cm.); the seventh dated -55 and numbered 71/100, 9 x 6in. (24. 8 x 17.1cm.); the eighth dated -57 and numbered 30/100, 15.1/8 x 9.7/8in. (38.4 x 25.1cm.); the ninth dated -55 and numbered 88/100, 9.7/8 x 7in. (25 x 17.8cm.); and the tenth dated -55 and numbered 25/50, 13.7/8 x 18in. (35.4 x 47.6cm.), tape stains, the second with torn upper right corner (10)