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Umetaro Azechi

Umetaro Azechi (1902 - 1999) was active/lived in Japan.  Umetaro Azechi is known for Paintings of symbolic creatures, mountains, animals, printmaking.

Umetaro Azechi or Azechi Umetaro, December 28, 1902 – April 12, 1999 was a Japanese printmaker and mountain climber. He was known for his prints of mountains and people who live in them.

Azechi was born on December 28, 1902 to a poor farming family in what is now Uwajima, Ehime. He enrolled in an art correspondence course where he would send his work to Tokyo for critique. In 1920 he had the opportunity to move there, but returned home to Shikoku after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. He moved back to Tokyo in 1925, where he worked for a printing company.

Azechi's prints were noticed by Unichi Hiratsuka, who took him under his wing. He belonged to the Japan Print Association and the Kokugakai Arts Association.  After his works were shown in some of their exhibitions, he quit his job and became a freelance artist. During this time, he was heavily influenced by Maegawa Sempan [ja] and Koshiro Onchi.

During World War II, Azechi was sent to Manchuria. When he retu   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2832 characters.]  Artist bio

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