Advanced Search 
山に眠る
This work depicts a reclining figure, hands placed behind their head, accompanied by a small striped animal and a pickaxe. Azechi Umetarō was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber who depicted mountains and the people who live within them, and also became a renowned essayist on mountaineering. As an avid hiker, Umetaro likely related to the people he portrayed. He often rendered them upright and bright-eyed, with objects they carried: axes, ropes, rifles, pipes, or mugs. In this image, the mountain dweller stopped to sleep. Though their pickaxe attests to the laborious nature of the terrain, the perched animal nearby suggests stillness, comfort, and repose.
Sleep on the Mountain (Yama ni nemuru)
山に眠る
Azechi Umetarô (Japanese, 1902–1999)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1956 (Shôwa 31)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
35.7 x 49.1 cm (14 1/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number64.1159
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This work depicts a reclining figure, hands placed behind their head, accompanied by a small striped animal and a pickaxe. Azechi Umetarō was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber who depicted mountains and the people who live within them, and also became a renowned essayist on mountaineering. As an avid hiker, Umetaro likely related to the people he portrayed. He often rendered them upright and bright-eyed, with objects they carried: axes, ropes, rifles, pipes, or mugs. In this image, the mountain dweller stopped to sleep. Though their pickaxe attests to the laborious nature of the terrain, the perched animal nearby suggests stillness, comfort, and repose.
DescriptionEdition: 34/50.
Signed
U. Azechi (in romanization, in pencil, in lower margin)
Marks
Artist's seal: two white lines in red disc
Provenance1964, sold by The Makler Gallery, Philadelphia to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1964)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.