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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 | 221 | Sharp up close | 43% |
| 11 × 14 in | 161 | Poster sharp | 41% |
| 12 × 16 in | 147 | Fine across a room | 39% |
| 16 × 20 in | 110 | Fine across a room | 43% |
| 18 × 24 in | 98 | Too soft | 39% |
| 24 × 36 in | 73 | Too soft | 31% |
| 30 × 40 in | 59 | Too soft | 39% |
The ticket
Shimizu Temple is a woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), dated ca. 1765. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; Benizuri-e; small print (hosoban). Size on the museum record: 12 7/32 x 5 1/2 in. (31.1 x 14.0 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911.
The Met catalogs Shimizu Temple as a woodblock print; ink and color on paper; benizuri-e; small print (hosoban) by Suzuki Harunobu. The museum dates it ca. 1765, and files it under accession JP699 in 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 1,775 × 3,859 pixels, which prints about 5.9 × 12.9 in at 300 dpi and 11.8 × 25.7 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Because it runs tall, it wants a vertical frame; compare the crop percentage across sizes before you choose. Its muted earth tones are forgiving: natural wood softens the palette, walnut deepens it and black frames it like a gallery. 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. Light it from above with a soft warm bulb, hang the centre of the picture near 57 inches, and it will read as intended instead of as decoration.
The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 1,775 × 3,859 pixels — 6.8 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 5.9 × 12.9 in. That is roughly life-size: the woodblock print itself measures about 5.5 × 12.2 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. 1765
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; Benizuri-e; small print (hosoban)
- Size
- 12 7/32 x 5 1/2 in. (31.1 x 14.0 cm)
- Museum
- The Met · Asian Art
- Accession
- JP699
- License
- Public domain · CC0 1.0
- Source
- Museum record ↗
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