{"product_id":"utagawa-hiroshige-the-far-bank-of-the-i-river-at-kanaya-1834-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Hiroshige - The Far Bank of the Ōi River at Kanaya - 1834 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige - The Far Bank of the Ōi River at Kanaya - 1834 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHiroshige's 1834 woodblock print turns a quiet Edo-period river crossing into a study of distance, light and the working life of the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design is a horizontal panel with a wide perspective, where the riverbank and the land beyond it take up most of the frame. Indigo blue carries the water and the depth of the scene, while earth tones, tan and soft grey build the banks and sandbar. Pale sky blue, sage green, dusky pink and pale orange appear in the soft atmospheric washes. The text printed within the image reads 東海道 (Tōkaidō), 五拾三次之内 (Gojūsan-tsugi no uchi, \"Within the Fifty-Three Stations\"), 金谷 (Kanaya) and 大井川 (Ōi River), which fix the scene on the road and at the river itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print belongs to Hiroshige's celebrated series on the Tōkaidō, the highway linking Edo and Kyoto, and its title places the viewer at Kanaya, one of the post towns along it. Travellers ride palanquins and walk across the river, porters carry loads over the sandbar, and a boatload of people moves across the water. These figures show travel as ordinary daily labour as much as journey, and the distant hills and open sky give the work the contemplative calm that defines Hiroshige's mastery of space and light in nineteenth-century Japanese landscape art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to the outline of its own image, so the scene reads as a self-contained object rather than a framed picture. The river, the travellers and the indigo horizon stay whole at the edge of the cut, and the artwork can be placed on a surface that suits its quiet, unhurried mood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289743372506,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-875","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289743405274,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-876","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289743438042,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-3X3-875","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289743470810,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-3X3-876","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289743503578,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-4X4-875","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289743536346,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-4X4-876","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289743569114,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-6X6-875","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289743601882,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-6X6-876","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-hiroshige-the-far-bank-of-the-i-river-at-kanaya-1834-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWHRS-2X2-876-alt-3.webp?v=1785649772","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-hiroshige-the-far-bank-of-the-i-river-at-kanaya-1834-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}