What is the largest sharp print size for Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge?

At 300 dpi, this 2,654 × 3,902 px file prints up to 8.8 × 13 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 17.7 × 26 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge?

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.

Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the R… — Kitagawa Utamaro | Free high-res download

Q: Does printing Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 15% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro · ca. 1796 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,654 × 3,902 px · 10.4 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to8.8 × 13 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 17.7 × 26 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	331	Gallery sharp	15%
11 × 14 in	241	Sharp up close	13%
12 × 16 in	221	Sharp up close	9%
16 × 20 in	165	Poster sharp	15%
18 × 24 in	147	Fine across a room	9%
24 × 36 in	108	Fine across a room	2%
30 × 40 in	88	Too soft	9%

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The ticket

Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge is a woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), dated ca. 1796. One sheet of a hexaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: 15 3/32 x 10 1/5 in. (38.3 x 25.9 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 2,654 × 3,902 pixels — 10.4 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 8.8 × 13 in. That is roughly life-size: the woodblock print itself measures about 10.2 × 15.1 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: Kitagawa Utamaro
Date: ca. 1796
Medium: One sheet of a hexaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Size: 15 3/32 x 10 1/5 in. (38.3 x 25.9 cm)
Museum: The Met · Asian Art
Accession: JP146
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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