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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 | 8% |
| 12 × 16 in | 234 | Sharp up close | 3% |
| 16 × 20 in | 176 | Poster sharp | 9% |
| 18 × 24 in | 156 | Poster sharp | 3% |
| 24 × 36 in | 108 | Fine across a room | 8% |
| 30 × 40 in | 93 | Too soft | 3% |
The ticket
Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten" is a woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), dated ca. 1766. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) medium-size block (chu-ban). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936.
Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten" is a woodblock print; ink and color on paper by Suzuki Harunobu, part of The Met's open-access collection. The museum dates it ca. 1766 (accession JP2434, 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 2,816 × 3,888 pixels, which prints about 9.4 × 13.0 in at 300 dpi and 18.8 × 25.9 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. A warm picture light a few inches above the frame does more for a print than any paper upgrade, and the hanging centre line belongs near 57 inches.
The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,816 × 3,888 pixels — 10.9 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 9.4 × 13 in. 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
- Suzuki Harunobu
- Date
- ca. 1766
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Size
- H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm) medium-size block (chu-ban)
- Museum
- The Met · Asian Art
- Accession
- JP2434
- License
- Public domain · CC0 1.0
- Source
- Museum record ↗
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