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  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:Transparent
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
  • Woodblock print of a rider on a dark horse beside a curving river, with a crowd on the road and blue parasols. | Types:White
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Utagawa Hiroshige II - Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital - 9th month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal

Utagawa Hiroshige II - Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital - 9th month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal

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Utagawa Hiroshige II - Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital - 9th month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal

This 1861 ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Hiroshige II shows foreign riders moving along the shore at Takanawa, a coastal stretch of the Eastern Capital, Edo.

Visual Elements & Composition

Cream sky and river blue dominate the upper and central fields, with grass green and indigo tones anchoring the shoreline. A pine branch frames the scene from one edge, and a curving river leads the eye toward the travellers. The rider on a dark horse, wearing a red jacket and a blue-patterned skirt, is the strongest accent in the print. Around him, figures in kimono walk the riverside road, a porter carries a load on his head, and blue and green parasols fill the foreground. A vertical title cartouche carries the characters 諸國名所百景, and a rectangular cartouche sits within the composition.

Meaning & Symbolism

The series title, 諸國名所百景, points to the tradition of famous views from across the provinces, a genre that turned travel routes into a record of place. Here that record includes something new. Foreign riders were a recent sight in Edo after the ports opened in 1858, and Hiroshige II presents them as one more element of the road, alongside porters, parasol-bearers and pilgrims. The print documents a moment of cultural contact in a calm, observational register rather than as spectacle.

Where This Print Meets the Sticker

A kiss-cut sticker follows its own outline, so the edge of this design becomes part of the image itself. The cut can trace the silhouette of the red-jacketed rider or the curve of the river, letting the figures sit directly on the surface where they are placed. Applied to a journal, laptop or window, it carries a slice of Edo's coastal road into everyday objects.

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Glossy kiss-cut vinyl stickers made for smooth, indoor surfaces — laptops, journals, mirrors, and other finished items. Crisp edges, vivid color, strong hold, and not waterproof.

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