{"product_id":"katsukawa-shunk-the-first-nakamura-tomijuro-as-a-woman-walking-toward-the-left-late-1777-or-early-in-1778-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Katsukawa Shunkō - The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Walking Toward the Left - late 1777 or early in 1778 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eKatsukawa Shunkō - The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Walking Toward the Left - late 1777 or early in 1778 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design reproduces a Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunkō, made in late 1777 or early 1778, showing the Kabuki actor Nakamura Tomijuro in an onnagata role as a woman walking toward the left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe image is a vertical rectangle built around a single standing figure in a patterned kimono. She holds a flowering cherry branch, and a white paper strip hangs from it. The palette is restrained: parchment ground, pale gold, sage green, dark brown and salmon pink, with the blossoms and the kimono carrying most of the colour. The figure fills the centre of the frame, and the branch leads the eye up and across the composition. The inscription 春好画 appears within the print, reading as the artist's name, Shunkō, followed by the character for painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnnagata were male actors who performed female roles, and Tomijuro the First was among the most celebrated of them in the Edo period. The print records a theatrical character rather than a real woman: the stance, the costume and the blossoming branch define the role and its dramatic presence. Cherry blossom carries its long association with transience and spring, while the Ukiyo-e tradition made actor portraits a popular way to follow the stage. The work belongs to that moment, when woodblock prints brought Kabuki stars into everyday homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDesigned for the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the figure, branch and blossoms stand on their own without a border around them. That suits a composition built on one strong silhouette. Place it on a laptop lid or the cover of a journal, where the outline can be seen as a single gesture of the actor's walk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291704471770,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-361","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48291704504538,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-362","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291704537306,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-3X3-361","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48291704570074,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-3X3-362","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291704602842,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-4X4-361","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48291704635610,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-4X4-362","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291704668378,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-6X6-361","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48291704701146,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-6X6-362","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/katsukawa-shunk-the-first-nakamura-tomijuro-as-a-woman-walking-toward-the-left-late-1777-or-early-in-1778-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-KTSSHN-2X2-362-alt-3.webp?v=1785721214","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/katsukawa-shunk-the-first-nakamura-tomijuro-as-a-woman-walking-toward-the-left-late-1777-or-early-in-1778-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}