{"product_id":"ippsai-yoshifuji-yokohama-sumo-wrestler-defeating-a-foreigner-2nd-month-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Ippōsai Yoshifuji - Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner - 2nd month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIppōsai Yoshifuji - Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner - 2nd month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sumo wrestler in a red and blue mawashi throws a foreign man through the air in this 1861 Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Ippōsai Yoshifuji, also known as Utagawa Yoshifuji.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is a vertical rectangle built around one decisive moment. The wrestler, in crimson red and navy blue, occupies the centre, his powerful body set against warm tan ground. The defeated foreigner, in a black frock coat and green hat, hangs upside down in mid-fall, the most dynamic line in the picture. Around them, foreign men in Western dress and a man in a blue jacket and peaked cap crowd the edges, their flesh-pink faces and dark clothing framing the action. A title cartouche at the top carries a Japanese inscription. Bold outlines and flat, saturated colour are the hallmarks of traditional woodblock printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe scene was made in February 1861 in Yokohama, one of the treaty ports that had opened to foreign trade and residence only a few years earlier. It reflects jōi, the anti-foreigner sentiment that swept Japan during the Bakumatsu period. A native champion overpowering a foreigner gave viewers a vivid image of resistance to outside pressure, and the print turns a public contest into a statement about national tension at the close of the Edo period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Stickers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is shaped to its own outline, so the artwork can be cut around the wrestler's silhouette or the full figure of the falling foreigner. Because the composition hinges on a single figure in motion, the sticker keeps the energy of the print at a scale where its linework and colour can be read up close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48292459675866,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-2X2-7","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48292459708634,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-2X2-8","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48292459741402,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-3X3-7","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48292459774170,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-3X3-8","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48292459806938,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-4X4-7","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48292459839706,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-4X4-8","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48292459872474,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-6X6-7","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48292459905242,"sku":"TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-6X6-8","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/ippsai-yoshifuji-yokohama-sumo-wrestler-defeating-a-foreigner-2nd-month-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-PPSYSH-2X2-8-alt-3.webp?v=1785754133","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/ippsai-yoshifuji-yokohama-sumo-wrestler-defeating-a-foreigner-2nd-month-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}