Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World?

The best frame sizes for this file are 8 × 10 in, 11 × 14 in, 12 × 16 in, 16 × 20 in, printing at 150–299 dpi (poster- to sharp-quality).

Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evenin… — Kitagawa Utamaro | Free high-res download

Q: What is the largest sharp print size for Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World?

At 300 dpi, this 1,759 × 3,923 px file prints up to 5.9 × 13.1 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 11.7 × 26.2 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Q: Does printing Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 44% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World

Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1800 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.001,759 × 3,923 px · 6.9 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to5.9 × 13.1 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 11.7 × 26.2 in at 150 dpi

The download is the Met's own open-access file, served by the Met. Big file — give it a minute.

How big can you print it?

Standard frame sizes, turned to match the artwork. "Crops" is how much of the picture you lose filling that frame edge to edge — or keep it all and let a mat take up the difference.

Frame	Effective dpi	Verdict	Crops
8 × 10 in	219	Sharp up close	44%
11 × 14 in	159	Poster sharp	43%
12 × 16 in	146	Fine across a room	40%
16 × 20 in	109	Fine across a room	44%
18 × 24 in	97	Too soft	40%
24 × 36 in	73	Too soft	33%
30 × 40 in	58	Too soft	40%

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The ticket

Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World is a woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), dated ca. 1800. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: 20 x 8 1/2 in. (50.8 x 21.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — Rogers Fund, 1914.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 1,759 × 3,923 pixels — 6.9 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 5.9 × 13.1 in. The woodblock print itself measures about 8.5 × 20 in, so a true life-size print runs below 300 dpi — still sharp at normal viewing distance.Woodblock prints were made to be printed again and again — a reproduction is in keeping with the whole point of the thing. Keep the paper tone warm. A printer that bleaches the ground to white-white flattens it into clip art.

On the receipt

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Date: ca. 1800
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size: 20 x 8 1/2 in. (50.8 x 21.6 cm)
Museum: The Met · Asian Art
Accession: JP143
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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