{"product_id":"utagawa-kuniyoshi-a-branch-of-plum-umegoe-ca-184546-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Kuniyoshi - A Branch of Plum (Umegoe) - ca. 1845–46 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Kuniyoshi - A Branch of Plum (Umegoe) - ca. 1845–46 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKuniyoshi's woodblock print pairs a single flowering plum branch with a tense scene of two men, one standing armed and one fallen, set in the calm of a vertical Edo-period page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe plum branch runs through the print as its organising line, its blossoms rendered in pale cream against muted dusty blue. The figures sit below and beside it: a standing man in a patterned robe with striped sleeves grips a sword, while a man in blue lies on the ground beside a sheathed blade. Maroon, rust red and gold accents pick out the robe details and a circular family crest. The scroll-shaped cartouche carries the printed text 源氏雲浮世画合, 梅枝, 一勇斎国芳画 and 矢田平, which name the series, the chapter, and the artist, Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe title's \"Umegae\" refers to the Plum Branch chapter of \u003cem\u003eThe Tale of Genji\u003c\/em\u003e, the source the series draws on, in which a sprig of plum carries a message between lovers. Kuniyoshi sets that quiet exchange against a moment of violence, so the blossom reads as a seasonal sign of renewal set beside a sudden fall. Produced around 1845–46 in the mid-nineteenth-century Edo tradition, the print shows how Ukiyo-e artists mixed literary allusion, nature study and dramatic narrative in a single sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is trimmed to its own outline, so the artwork can be cut around the plum branch and the figures rather than sitting inside a rectangle. That turns the print's central contrast into the object's shape: blossom, blade and fallen man become one silhouette. Applied to a laptop lid, a journal cover or a window, the sticker keeps the vertical rhythm of the original page while leaving the surface around it clear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289382760666,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-2X2-7","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289382793434,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-2X2-8","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289382826202,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-3X3-7","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289382858970,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-3X3-8","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289382891738,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-4X4-7","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289382924506,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-4X4-8","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289382957274,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-6X6-7","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289382990042,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-6X6-8","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-kuniyoshi-a-branch-of-plum-umegoe-ca-184546-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWKNY-2X2-8-alt-3.webp?v=1785636345","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-kuniyoshi-a-branch-of-plum-umegoe-ca-184546-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}