{"product_id":"utagawa-hiroshige-ii-russians-and-a-chinese-inscribing-a-fan-12th-month-1860-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Hiroshige II - Russians and a Chinese Inscribing a Fan - 12th month, 1860 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige II - Russians and a Chinese Inscribing a Fan - 12th month, 1860 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1860 woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige II shows Russian visitors and a Chinese man inscribing a fan, recorded in the observational manner of Japanese prints of its era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is built on a tall vertical panel, with a gilt-framed oval mirror held at its centre. A stout man in a white fur-trimmed robe and cap grips the mirror, while a tall figure in a dark brown Western-style coat and feathered hat leans on a long staff beside him. An attendant in a yellow cap and grey coat carries a lacquer box. A blossoming branch in rose pink softens the upper space, and the palette of cream, white fur and light blue keeps the print calm. Two inscriptions anchor the scene: \u003cstrong\u003e南京\u003c\/strong\u003e (Nanjing) and \u003cstrong\u003eろしや\u003c\/strong\u003e (Roshia, the Japanese name for Russia).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe print turns on an encounter between cultures. The Russian figures, dressed in fur and Western tailoring, stand against a Chinese scholar at work on a fan, a traditional object where calligraphy and poetry meet. The written place names set the exchange in Nanjing and tie the scene to the mid-nineteenth-century contact that Japanese printmakers watched closely. Hiroshige II recorded these figures as neighbours in one room, with the mirror, box and fan as the tools that carry their differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eShaped to the Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the artwork's strongest shapes can define the sticker itself. The oval mirror frame and the vertical panel give the design clear edges to follow, letting the figures and blossom read as one object. Placed on a journal cover, laptop lid or sketchbook, the cut silhouette turns the print into a small, close-held piece of 1860 Japan, to be studied up close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289627963610,"sku":"22875342430162190586","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289627996378,"sku":"30085470717646520998","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289628029146,"sku":"32226071452716449052","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289628061914,"sku":"22073417103439336878","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289628094682,"sku":"10470422938182811746","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289628127450,"sku":"25772811578167104868","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289628160218,"sku":"33950664639195839656","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289628192986,"sku":"18427680359509310750","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-hiroshige-ii-russians-and-a-chinese-inscribing-a-fan-12th-month-1860-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-32226071452716449052-alt-3.webp?v=1785643277","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-hiroshige-ii-russians-and-a-chinese-inscribing-a-fan-12th-month-1860-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}