{"product_id":"katsukawa-shunk-second-yamashita-kinsaku-as-a-woman-standing-in-a-room-ca-1774-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Katsukawa Shunkō - Second Yamashita Kinsaku as a Woman Standing in a Room - ca. 1774 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eKatsukawa Shunkō - Second Yamashita Kinsaku as a Woman Standing in a Room - ca. 1774 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ca. 1774 Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunkō shows the kabuki actor Second Yamashita Kinsaku in an \u003cem\u003eonnagata\u003c\/em\u003e role, a male performer playing a woman, standing alone in a traditional room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure fills the vertical panel, dressed in a striped kimono with a bamboo-leaf pattern, with a charcoal stripe running through a warm tan ground. A hexagonal lantern hangs in the actor's hand, and reed grass sits at the edge of the frame. The palette is restrained: mustard, pale grey and coral accents against the tan. The signature \u003cem\u003e春好画\u003c\/em\u003e appears in the print, a small inscription that anchors the artist's hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnnagata performance was central to the kabuki stage of the Edo period, when female roles were played entirely by men. Shunkō's print records that craft: the posture, the layered costume and the stylised stance all carry the character rather than the actor's own body. The lantern and the room set the scene as a stage interior, and the bamboo and reed motifs bring a seasonal, poetic note to the portrait. The work belongs to the Ukiyo-e tradition of actor prints, which circulated theatre celebrity to a wide public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker takes the shape of its own outline, so the lantern, the kimono silhouette and the figure's stance are the edge of the object itself rather than a rectangle around it. That suits a print built on a single standing figure and a strong vertical. Placed on a laptop, journal or indoor surface, the sticker reads as a fragment of the stage, with the actor's pose carrying the whole design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291737632986,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-307","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48291737665754,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-308","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291737698522,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-3X3-307","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48291737731290,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-3X3-308","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291737764058,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-4X4-307","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48291737796826,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-4X4-308","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291737829594,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-6X6-307","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48291737862362,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-6X6-308","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/katsukawa-shunk-second-yamashita-kinsaku-as-a-woman-standing-in-a-room-ca-1774-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-308-alt-3.webp?v=1785723222","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/katsukawa-shunk-second-yamashita-kinsaku-as-a-woman-standing-in-a-room-ca-1774-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}