What is the largest sharp print size for Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai?

At 300 dpi, this 2,820 × 3,875 px file prints up to 9.4 × 12.9 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 18.8 × 25.8 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai?

Gallery-sharp (300 dpi or above) frame sizes: 8 × 10 in. Sharp-to-poster-quality sizes also work: 11 × 14 in, 12 × 16 in, 16 × 20 in, 18 × 24 in.

Does printing Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 9% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai — Suzuki Harunobu | Free high-res download

Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai

Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1770 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,820 × 3,875 px · 10.9 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to9.4 × 12.9 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 18.8 × 25.8 in at 150 dpi

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

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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	352	Gallery sharp	9%
11 × 14 in	256	Sharp up close	7%
12 × 16 in	235	Sharp up close	3%
16 × 20 in	176	Poster sharp	9%
18 × 24 in	156	Poster sharp	3%
24 × 36 in	107	Fine across a room	8%
30 × 40 in	94	Too soft	3%

Will it fit over your couch? Put this one on your wall, to scale — crop or mat, frame size, hang height and the order.

The ticket

Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai is a woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), dated ca. 1770. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (27.3 x 20 cm) medium-size print (chu-ban). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936.

The Met catalogs Osen Waiting on a Young Samurai as a woodblock print; ink and color on paper by Suzuki Harunobu. The museum dates it ca. 1770 (accession JP2445, Asian Art). Its flat colour areas and strong outlines hold up from across a room, which is the whole point of the woodblock tradition. The Met's scan measures 2,820 × 3,875 pixels, which prints about 9.4 × 12.9 in at 300 dpi and 18.8 × 25.8 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Its tall proportions suit a hallway, a narrow wall or the gap beside a door, and the set builder shows how much each standard frame would crop. Its warm reds and oranges suit walnut or gold, which deepen the glow instead of washing it out. Woodblock prints were made to be reproduced, so a faithful reprint fits the tradition. Keep the paper tone warm instead of bleaching it to white. Add a small picture light and keep the centre of the piece around 57 inches from the floor; those two choices make a reproduction look deliberate.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,820 × 3,875 pixels — 10.9 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 9.4 × 12.9 in. That is bigger than the woodblock print itself, which measures about 7.9 × 10.7 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.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.