Azechi Umetaro
Japanese, 1902-1999
Volcano Path
INV-1111
Azechi Umetaro
Japanese, 1902-19991952
Volcano Path
Azechi Umetaro Japanese, 1902-1999 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1952
Medium
Color woodblock print; edition 14/50
Dimensions
32.1 × 43.3 cm (12 5/8 × 17 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Oliver Statler
In the Volcano Path prints by Azechi Umetaro, slight color changes produce vastly different effects. The other print contains more blue, and the color of the sky is very bright. Also, all of the elements are similar in texture, and the composition seems more unified than in the this print. Interestingly, the other print is image 29 from a print run of 50, while this print is number 14. It seems that as the print run progressed, the artist made certain improvements. Six blocks of wood were used for nine printing stages to achieve the final image. The subject of this print has been identified as an active volcano crater near the summit of Mount Takachiho in the Kirishima National Park, Kagoshima Prefecture.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
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Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
