{"product_id":"utagawa-yoshikazu-furansujin-frenchman-dated-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","title":"Utagawa Yoshikazu - Furansujin (Frenchman) - dated 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUtagawa Yoshikazu - Furansujin (Frenchman) - dated 1861 - STICKER Vinyl Kiss-Cut Decal\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a colour woodblock print from 1861, in which Utagawa Yoshikazu turns his eye on a Westerner who has stepped into the world of late Edo Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vertical sheet is built around a bearded Western man in a green top hat, seated on a chair and offering roses. Beside him stands a woman in a butter-yellow gown holding a child dressed in yellow and black. A three-masted sailing ship sits in the sea-teal water, and a vertical title cartouche carries the inscription 佛蘭西人, \"Furansujin.\" The palette is restrained: indigo, cream, crimson and earth tones, with black linework carrying the detail across every figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoshikazu worked within the Utagawa school, and this print belongs to the Bakumatsu years, when treaty ports opened Japan to foreign traders and residents. The image records Western presence through the conventions of traditional woodblock printmaking, so the foreigners are rendered with the same care as any figure in a kabuki or courtesan print. The sailing ship points to the sea routes that brought these visitors, and the roses and family group suggest the domestic ordinariness that made them observable to Japanese viewers. The print stands as a document of cross-cultural contact, shaped by Eastern hands and subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Suits a Sticker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA kiss-cut sticker is cut to the exact outline of its artwork, so the hat, the chair and the drifting roses define the shape of the piece itself rather than sitting inside a rectangle. Once applied, the design reads as a single figure, the way the print's bold contours do on the original sheet. It is a compact way to carry a piece of Bakumatsu history into a collection or onto a favourite surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sticker Space","offers":[{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289069433050,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-2X2-111","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2\" × 2\" \/ White","offer_id":48289069465818,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-2X2-112","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289069498586,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-3X3-111","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3\" × 3\" \/ White","offer_id":48289069531354,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-3X3-112","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289069564122,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-4X4-111","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4\" × 4\" \/ White","offer_id":48289069596890,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-4X4-112","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ Transparent","offer_id":48289069629658,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-6X6-111","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6\" × 6\" \/ White","offer_id":48289069662426,"sku":"TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-6X6-112","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/3949\/8646\/files\/utagawa-yoshikazu-furansujin-frenchman-dated-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal-TSS-STICK-TGWYSH-2X2-112-alt-3.webp?v=1785627256","url":"https:\/\/thestickerspace.com\/products\/utagawa-yoshikazu-furansujin-frenchman-dated-1861-sticker-vinyl-kiss-cut-decal","provider":"The Sticker Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}