{"product_id":"utagawa-toyoshige-sunshu-kiyomi-dera-yoshiwara-shuku-en-kei-raku-gan-ca-1830-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Toyoshige - Sunshu Kiyomi-dera Yoshiwara Shuku En Kei- Raku Gan - ca. 1830 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Toyoshige - Sunshu Kiyomi-dera Yoshiwara Shuku En Kei- Raku Gan - ca. 1830 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a c. 1830 Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Toyoshige, showing a panoramic view of Suruga Province that centres on Mount Fuji above a bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design is a horizontal landscape panel, and Mount Fuji rises behind the water as the largest single form. Below it, fishing boats with sails cross sky-blue water, while a pagoda sits on a wooded headland and travellers walk a mountain path. A flock of birds crosses the open sky. The palette is restrained: pale cream for the sky and paper, dusty teal and forest green for the land and water, and rose-brown for the warmer accents. Fine linework defines the trees, rigging and figures, and the layered colour is typical of the Utagawa school. The printed inscriptions are part of the composition, including 名勝八景 (Eight Famous Views), 駿河 (Suruga), 清見寺 (Kiyomi-dera), 吉原 (Yoshiwara), and 遠景 (distant view).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title names Kiyomi-dera, the temple at Shimizu in Suruga, and Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarter of Edo, which places the scene within the Edo period's travel and tourism culture. The series title 名勝八景 refers to the eight famous views tradition, in which scenic places were paired and printed for a popular audience. The inscription 豊國画 identifies the work with the Toyokuni lineage of ukiyo-e, a school that shaped the printed landscape. Fuji, the boats, and the pilgrim-like travellers together present a landscape as both scenery and social setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Works on a Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is shaped to its own outline, so the composition is not trimmed to a frame: the panel's edges, the rising mountain, and the sky all become the object's silhouette. Its flat surface suits a laptop lid, a journal cover, or a window, where the eye meets the print at close range. Fans of Edo-period prints will recognise the view, and collectors of Utagawa work get a compact, handheld version of a historical sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289100398810,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-2X2-7","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289100431578,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-2X2-8","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289100464346,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-3X3-7","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289100497114,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-3X3-8","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289100529882,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-4X4-7","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289100562650,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-4X4-8","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289100595418,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-6X6-7","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289100628186,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-6X6-8","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-toyoshige-sunshu-kiyomi-dera-yoshiwara-shuku-en-kei-raku-gan-ca-1830-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWTYS-2X2-8-alt-3.webp?v=1785628822","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-toyoshige-sunshu-kiyomi-dera-yoshiwara-shuku-en-kei-raku-gan-ca-1830-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}