{"product_id":"utagawa-hiroshige-ii-sumidagawa-mimeguri-hana-zakari-no-kei-unknown-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Hiroshige II - Sumidagawa Mimeguri Hana Zakari no Kei - unknown - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige II - Sumidagawa Mimeguri Hana Zakari no Kei - unknown - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis woodblock print shows cherry trees in full bloom along the banks of the Sumida River, with the river's traffic running through the scene beneath them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe image is built as a horizontal panorama, with the river stretching across the middle ground and the blossoming trees framing the bank. Soft pastels dominate: pale pink blossoms against cerulean blue and teal water, with cream and off-white providing the quiet light between them. A rectangular cartouche holds the scene, and a vertical red title cartouche anchors one edge. The printed characters read 江戸名所 (Edo Meisho, Famous Places of Edo), 隅田川 (Sumida River), 三圍稲荷 (Mimeguri Inari) and 廣重画 (painted by Hiroshige). Delicate linework defines thatched-roof houses on the bank, a sailing cargo boat with a white sail, small rowing boats carrying passengers, and a man poling a raft of logs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCherry blossoms carry the Japanese idea of transience: they peak briefly and fall, which is why the spring bloom has long stood for the fleeting beauty of the season. Hiroshige II's composition sets that brief flowering against the steady work of the river, with boats and rafts moving through the same landscape. The Mimeguri Inari shrine named in the cartouche ties the view to a specific place in Edo, the Sumida riverside that townspeople walked and celebrated. The print belongs to the mid-nineteenth-century ukiyo-e tradition of landscape views of famous places, where the view itself was the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the image keeps the edges of the print it came from. Where the blossoms and boats sit inside a bordered cartouche, the cut follows that shape and the artwork reads as a single object rather than a rectangle pasted onto a surface. Its small size suits a view taken in close, the kind of detail a collector notices on a notebook or a laptop lid, where the river scene can be read line by line.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289626292442,"sku":"46519138376820338801","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289626325210,"sku":"69024826363538653618","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289626357978,"sku":"26343182387614782428","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289626390746,"sku":"82925833780086531230","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289626423514,"sku":"91154561479395834501","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289626456282,"sku":"28227676693734686944","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289626489050,"sku":"12355380582156780385","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289626521818,"sku":"22687201764929398851","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-hiroshige-ii-sumidagawa-mimeguri-hana-zakari-no-kei-unknown-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-26343182387614782428-alt-3.webp?v=1785643219","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-hiroshige-ii-sumidagawa-mimeguri-hana-zakari-no-kei-unknown-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}