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Wayfarers Looking at the Statue of Jizo Bosatsu in a Pine Grove at Hashiba

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · ca. 1840 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,872 × 2,712 px · 10.5 MP
Prints gallery-sharp up to12.9 × 9 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 25.8 × 18.1 in at 150 dpi

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Free · $0.00Wayfarers Looking at the Statue of Jizo Bosatsu in a Pine Grove at Hashiba by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840
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FrameEffective dpiVerdictCrops
10 × 8 in339Gallery sharp12%
14 × 11 in246Sharp up close11%
16 × 12 in226Sharp up close7%
20 × 16 in169Poster sharp12%
24 × 18 in150Poster sharp7%
36 × 24 in107Fine across a room5%
40 × 30 in90Too soft7%
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Wayfarers Looking at the Statue of Jizo Bosatsu in a Pine Grove at Hashiba is a woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), dated ca. 1840. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: 10 1/8 x 14 15/32 in. (25.7 x 36.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — The Francis Lathrop Collection, Purchase, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911.

In The Met's records, Wayfarers Looking at the Statue of Jizo Bosatsu in a Pine Grove at Hashiba is a woodblock print; ink and color on paper credited to Utagawa Kuniyoshi. The museum dates it ca. 1840 (accession JP750, 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 3,872 × 2,712 pixels, which prints about 12.9 × 9.0 in at 300 dpi and 25.8 × 18.1 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Its wide proportions sit naturally over a sofa, console or bed, and the crop figures in the set builder show what a standard frame would trim. 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 3,872 × 2,712 pixels — 10.5 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 12.9 × 9 in. That is roughly life-size: the woodblock print itself measures about 14.5 × 10.1 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
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Size
10 1/8 x 14 15/32 in. (25.7 x 36.8 cm)
Museum
The Met · Asian Art
Accession
JP750
License
Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source
Museum record ↗