Chang’e Flees to the Moon
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
$90
Print check at 8 x 12 in: 182 dpi, good. Trimmed 7.3% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Chinese moon goddess Chang’e rises through cloud toward the moon, the stolen elixir of immortality in her hands, robes and ribbons streaming behind her. From the first year of the series, and its reach declared at once: the hundred moons will not stay in Japan — they take in China’s oldest lunar legend, the woman who became the moon’s only resident. Nothing anchors her — no ground line anywhere in the sheet; the composition is all rising curve, drawn so the eye ascends with her and cannot find a way back down. "Immortality is a long way from home."
- Maker
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
- Date
- 1885
- Medium of the original
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00420
| Picture | 8 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 9.6 x 13.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 182 | Good | Trimmed 7.3% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 143 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | 121 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 87 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,574 x 2,189 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 29, lights 233 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 5.31
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $24.80, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.
Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
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