Apparition of the Monstrous Cat
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 40% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA giant spectral cat fills the lantern light in this Kuniyoshi triptych scene. The nekomata — the forked-tail ghost cat — rendered at maximum stagecraft.
- Maker
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Date
- c. 1847
- Medium of the original
- Woodblock print
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01883
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 40% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 39% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 40% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 40% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 36% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,920 x 915 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 31, lights 216 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0.1% vivid
- Sharpness
- 180.81
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward magenta: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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