{"product_id":"utagawa-kunisada-kabuki-actors-play-the-role-of-47-ronin-seich-gishi-den-unknown-v7-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Kunisada - Kabuki actors play the role of 47 Ronin (Seichū gishi den) - unknown v7 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Kunisada - Kabuki actors play the role of 47 Ronin (Seichū gishi den) - unknown v7 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a traditional Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada, showing Kabuki actors in the roles of the legendary 47 Ronin, staged as a dramatic theatrical portrait of samurai loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is built on vertical panels and a rectangular cartouche, with a diamond crest anchoring the layout. Slate teal, white, black, and crimson dominate the palette, with mint green accents giving the print its sharp, theatrical contrast. A samurai portrait with a raised hand holding a spear sits at the centre of the action, while a warrior in a patterned headcloth and a spear with gold fittings extend the diagonal energy across the frame. Printed inscriptions in the cartouches read 誠忠義士傳 (Seichū gishi den), 堀部彌兵衞 金丸, and 江戸留守居, naming the story and its characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 47 Ronin story recounts masterless samurai who avenged their lord's death and then accepted execution, making loyalty and honour the work's central themes. Kabuki staged that legend with stylised makeup, poses, and costume, and Kunisada's prints captured those performers as heroes of the Edo period. The surviving inscriptions tie each figure to a named role in the drama, so the print works as both a portrait of actors and a record of how the public saw this history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFraming the Ronin on Your Surface\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to the outline of its own artwork, so the composition reads as a standalone shape rather than a rectangle. The cartouches and the diamond crest define that outline, letting the samurai and their spears read clearly at close range. Hold it up to the light, or place it where a collector's eye lands first, and the Kabuki poses take over the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289509015770,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-2X2-307","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289509048538,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-2X2-308","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289509081306,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-3X3-307","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289509114074,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-3X3-308","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289509146842,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-4X4-307","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289509179610,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-4X4-308","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289509212378,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-6X6-307","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289509245146,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-6X6-308","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-kunisada-kabuki-actors-play-the-role-of-47-ronin-seich-gishi-den-unknown-v7-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWKNS-2X2-308-alt-3.webp?v=1785637881","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-kunisada-kabuki-actors-play-the-role-of-47-ronin-seich-gishi-den-unknown-v7-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}