Taisho Era Landscape: Hagiwara Sakutaro - The Blue Cat's Poem and Urban Melancholy

Step into the soulful and avant-garde twilight of the Taisho era with Taisho Era Landscape: Hagiwara Sakutaro — The Blue Cat's Poem and Urban Melancholy. This evocative artwork pays tribute to Hagiwara Sakutarō, the father of modern Japanese free-verse poetry. The scene captures the poet in his iconic black overcoat and fedora, walking through a purple-hued urban landscape as a mystical blue cat—a central metaphor from his most famous work—glides silently by his side.

The design masterfully blends the brooding "Taisho Roman" aesthetic with the sharp, graphic lines of early 20th-century modernism. Against a backdrop of tangled telegraph wires and shadowy brick buildings, the glowing blue cat symbolizes the profound sense of "urban melancholy" and alienation that Sakutarō so poignantly captured in his verses. This piece is a powerful tribute to the dawn of Japanese modernism, making it an essential addition for lovers of classic poetry, vintage urban noir, and the deep, atmospheric beauty of Taisho-era graphics.

These stickers are printed on durable, high opacity adhesive vinyl which makes them perfect for regular use, as well as for covering other stickers or paint. The high-quality vinyl ensures there are no bubbles when applying the stickers.

• High opacity film that’s impossible to see through
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• 95µ density

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