A white cat glows against the dark in Shōtei's 1924 shin-hanga print. The new-print movement's answer to the old cat masters — modern mood, ancient subject.

Maker: Takahashi Shōtei
Date: 1924
Medium of the original: Woodblock print
Original held by: National Diet Library, Tokyo
Credit: National Diet Library, Tokyo · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01892

As chosen: 12 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 8 in
Outside size	13.6 x 9.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	160	Good	Trimmed 6.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
14 x 11 in	124 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	114 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in	80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 24 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged