{"product_id":"utagawa-hiroshige-japanese-white-eye-and-titmouse-on-a-camellia-branch-ca-1840-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Hiroshige - Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch - ca. 1840 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige - Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch - ca. 1840 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige, showing two small songbirds perched on a branch of red camellia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dark-leaved camellia branch runs diagonally across a vertical panel, carrying red blossoms and closed buds. The two birds, a Japanese white-eye and a titmouse, sit among the leaves and dominate the lower half of the picture. The palette is restrained: cream ground, navy blue, dark teal and sage green in the foliage, with camellia red as the single warm accent. The Hiroshige seal, 廣重, appears in the composition as the artist's signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the great masters of the Edo period, and this print dates to around 1840. Pairing birds with a flowering branch was a established mode of Japanese bird-and-flower art, where each species and plant carried seasonal associations. The camellia blooms in the cold months, so the image speaks of seasonal transition and of quiet attention to the natural world, the tranquil, observational mood that defines the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the branch, blossoms and birds become the edge of the object rather than a rectangle framing them. That suits this composition, where the diagonal branch and the perched birds are the whole design. It works as a small, close-viewed piece for journals and other smooth flat surfaces, where the careful linework of a 19th-century print can be read up close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289903575258,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-323","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289903608026,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-324","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289903640794,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-3X3-323","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289903673562,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-3X3-324","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289903706330,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-4X4-323","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289903739098,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-4X4-324","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289903771866,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-6X6-323","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289903804634,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-6X6-324","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-hiroshige-japanese-white-eye-and-titmouse-on-a-camellia-branch-ca-1840-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-324-alt-3_93a60a71-c809-4b28-9c80-77f6b9ae4e25.webp?v=1785657649","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-hiroshige-japanese-white-eye-and-titmouse-on-a-camellia-branch-ca-1840-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}