{"product_id":"katsukawa-shunk-arashi-ryuzo-as-a-tall-woman-standing-on-the-engawa-ca-1789-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Katsukawa Shunkō - Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa - ca. 1789 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eKatsukawa Shunkō - Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa - ca. 1789 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunkō shows the Kabuki actor Arashi Ryūzō in an onnagata role, standing as a woman on a traditional engawa veranda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure in a warm brown kimono dominates the vertical format, holding a round fan that echoes the circle against the rectangle of the sheet. A pine branch with snow sits beside her, and a paper lantern hangs above, both rendered in restrained tones. A lattice window anchors the background. The palette is built from warm brown, pale yellow, salmon, sage green and cream, with the artist's signature 春好画 set into the design as the only visible text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnnagata were male actors who performed female roles, and the form was central to the Kabuki stage of the Edo period. Here Arashi Ryūzō's stance, costume and fan carry the performance itself, so the print records a character rather than a portrait. The engawa frames the scene as a domestic space made theatrical. Shunkō worked within the Katsukawa school, and this 18th-century print places the viewer inside the stylised world of Edo theatre and its fascination with gender performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the figure, fan and lantern can be followed as a single silhouette rather than read inside a frame. The vertical composition and the stacked details suit a sticker that is meant to be seen up close and turned in the hand, where the lattice, the snowy branch and the signature repay a second look. The print's stage-like arrangement translates directly into a shape that stands alone on whatever surface it is placed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291819094234,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-247","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48291819127002,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-248","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291819159770,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-3X3-247","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48291819192538,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-3X3-248","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291819225306,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-4X4-247","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48291819258074,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-4X4-248","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291819290842,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-6X6-247","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48291819323610,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-6X6-248","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/katsukawa-shunk-arashi-ryuzo-as-a-tall-woman-standing-on-the-engawa-ca-1789-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-248-alt-3.webp?v=1785725888","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/katsukawa-shunk-arashi-ryuzo-as-a-tall-woman-standing-on-the-engawa-ca-1789-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}