{"product_id":"keisai-eisen-album-of-prints-from-the-series-a-tkaid-board-game-of-courtesans-fifty-three-pairings-unknown-v50-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Keisai Eisen - Album of prints from the series A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans, Fifty-three Pairings - unknown v50 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eKeisai Eisen - Album of prints from the series A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans, Fifty-three Pairings - unknown v50 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a monochrome reproduction of a Edo-period woodblock print by Keisai Eisen, drawn from his series \u003cem\u003eA Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans, Fifty-three Pairings\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe image is built in off-white, charcoal black and mid to light grey, giving it the tonal range of a printed page. A standing woman in an ornate kimono, holding a hairpin, fills the vertical frame as a classic bijin figure. Beside her sits a framed landscape vignette of a castle on a hill, surrounded by pine trees, and below that a rectangular tray holding a small mountain with a snow-capped peak. Printed inscriptions run through the composition, including \u003cem\u003e契情箱中双嫁\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e若松屋内\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e花川\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside the numeral \u003cem\u003e170-47\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series takes its name from the Tōkaidō, the road linking Edo with Kyoto, and the courtesans of the pleasure quarters are presented as travellers and tokens on that route. The castle and the snow-capped peak place the viewer along the highway, while the hairpin and the layered kimono mark social standing and the fashions of the period. Ukiyo-e prints like this one circulated widely as collectible images, and the inscriptions record the houses and names that gave the series its worldly, game-like character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker follows its own outline, so the vertical figure, the framed vignette and the tray read as one shape rather than a rectangle with a border. Stuck to a laptop lid, a notebook or a book cover, the print becomes a small, self-contained scene that can be looked at up close, where the hairpin, the pine trees and the mountain peak reveal their detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291125592282,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-2X2-97","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48291125625050,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-2X2-98","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291125657818,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-3X3-97","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48291125690586,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-3X3-98","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291125723354,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-4X4-97","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48291125756122,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-4X4-98","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48291125788890,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-6X6-97","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48291125821658,"sku":"TSS-STICK-KSSN-6X6-98","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/keisai-eisen-album-of-prints-from-the-series-a-tkaid-board-game-of-courtesans-fifty-three-pairings-unknown-v50-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-KSSN-2X2-98-alt-3.webp?v=1785693685","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/keisai-eisen-album-of-prints-from-the-series-a-tkaid-board-game-of-courtesans-fifty-three-pairings-unknown-v50-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}