Mountain Climber Looking Back (Furikaeru otoko)

振り返る男

Azechi Umetarô (Japanese, 1902–1999)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1957 (Shôwa 32)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Height x width: 65 × 46 cm (25 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. John Sears

Accession Number59.549

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionEdition: 5/50.

Signed U. Azechi (in romanization, in pencil in lower left margin)

Marks Artist's seal: two white lines in red disc

Provenance1959, gift of John B. Sears to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 1959)