{"product_id":"utagawa-yoshikazu-foreigners-from-the-five-nations-enjoying-a-banquet-3rd-month-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Yoshikazu - Foreigners from the Five Nations Enjoying a Banquet - 3rd month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Yoshikazu - Foreigners from the Five Nations Enjoying a Banquet - 3rd month, 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1861 ukiyo-e triptych by Utagawa Yoshikazu shows a banquet where Western diners share a table with Japanese servants, set in the late Edo period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is built from three panels that read as one scene. Sea green, cream, crimson and violet dominate the palette, with orange accents in the table settings and flowers. A round-arched doorway frames the room, and vertical crimson cartouches run down the sheet, carrying the inscription \u003cem\u003e五ヶ國異人會食之圖\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eGokoku ijin kaishoku no zu\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Picture of Foreigners from Five Nations Dining Together\"), the artist's signature \u003cem\u003e一川芳員画\u003c\/em\u003e, and the carver's mark \u003cem\u003e芝彫仙\u003c\/em\u003e. The figures are arranged around a central table: a man in a top hat at dinner, a woman in a plaid shawl and striped dress, a child in a purple dress, an elderly man in cap and coat by the window, and a servant carrying a tray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYoshikazu made this Yokohama-e print in the third month of 1861, when foreign residents and delegations were a visible presence in the treaty port of Yokohama. The title names the five nations, and the scene gives them equal standing around one table. The conviviality of the shared meal is the subject: a record of internationalism and cross-cultural exchange at the moment the Bakumatsu era was reshaping Japanese social life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDesigned for the Kiss-Cut Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to its own outline, so the artwork decides the shape. Cut the top hat, the arched doorway or a single figure from the triptych, and the print takes on a new silhouette. The Bakumatsu scene, built from people gathered in one frame, becomes a compact piece of Yokohama-e history that sits on its own surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289076838618,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-2X2-87","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289076871386,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-2X2-88","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289076904154,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-3X3-87","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289076936922,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-3X3-88","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289076969690,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-4X4-87","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289077002458,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-4X4-88","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289077035226,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-6X6-87","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289077067994,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-6X6-88","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-yoshikazu-foreigners-from-the-five-nations-enjoying-a-banquet-3rd-month-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-2X2-88-alt-3.webp?v=1785627571","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-yoshikazu-foreigners-from-the-five-nations-enjoying-a-banquet-3rd-month-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}