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Katsushika Hokusai
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10 public-domain works by the Japanese artist (1760–1849), every one a free CC0 file from The Met's open-access collection — 9 work on papers, 1 woodblock print.

10 works · $0.00 eachBiggest file: 12 MP

Reading the board

Each card shows the largest print the Met's file makes at 300 dpi without cropping — that's the sharpness you'd want for something you'll stand close to. The biggest file in this set isDrunken Asaina, at 4,000 × 3,000 pixels: enough for a 13.3 × 10 in print at 300 dpi, or 26.7 × 20 in at poster sharpness.

The Met flags one of these as a collection highlight: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei).

Every page has a size chart against standard frames, the museum record, and the frame and light that make a print look like it cost more than it did. The file itself is free. It always was.

House specials

Katsushika Hokusai also has a hand-written page on the main board: The Great Wave off Kanagawa.