{"product_id":"utagawa-hiroshige-hodogaya-station-and-shinkame-bridge-ca-1834-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Hiroshige - Hodogaya Station and Shinkame Bridge - ca. 1834 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige - Hodogaya Station and Shinkame Bridge - ca. 1834 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHiroshige's ca. 1834 woodblock print frames Hodogaya Station and the Shinkame Bridge on the Tōkaidō road, one of the quiet scenes that made his landscapes famous across Edo Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is a horizontal landscape. A wooden arched footbridge crosses the water, and travellers in conical hats move across it in single file. A row of thatched-roof houses lines the near bank, while a tall willow tree rises at the edge of the scene and distant hills close off the horizon. The palette is restrained: indigo and cerulean blue carry the water and sky, with slate grey, sage green and dusky pink set against a cream ground. Printed characters across the image read 東海道 (Tōkaidō), 五拾三次 (Fifty-three Stations) and 保土ヶ谷 (Hodogaya), naming the road and the station directly within the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tōkaidō linked Edo with Kyoto, and the Fifty-three Stations series that Hiroshige made for it is among the best-known works of ukiyo-e. Each print records a post town as it looked in daily use, with its travellers, roofs and roads. Here the bridge and the station stand for movement and the journey itself, while the willow, hills and still water bring the calm of the countryside into the frame. The work belongs to the Edo period and reflects a culture that prized travel, seasonal beauty and the everyday life of the road.\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 horizontal frame of the print becomes the edge of the object itself. Because the image is a single scene with a clear boundary, it reads as a small window onto the Tōkaidō, and the printed text sits at the edge where it can be read at a glance. The design suits anyone who collects Japanese woodblock prints or follows Hiroshige's road series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289910718682,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-287","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289910751450,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-288","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289910784218,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-3X3-287","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289910816986,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-3X3-288","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289910849754,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-4X4-287","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289910882522,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-4X4-288","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289910915290,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-6X6-287","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289910948058,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-6X6-288","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-hiroshige-hodogaya-station-and-shinkame-bridge-ca-1834-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-288-alt-3.webp?v=1785658164","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-hiroshige-hodogaya-station-and-shinkame-bridge-ca-1834-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}