A woman in a loose summer robe draws a comb through hair that falls like poured ink — the most celebrated image of shin-hanga’s brief, perfectionist master. After his one print for Watanabe, Goyō became his own publisher, hiring carvers and printers he supervised to the edge of obsession. He finished only a handful of designs before dying at forty; this is the one by which the movement measures itself. The hair is not one black but several, printed in layers until the block’s ink stands in low relief; against it, the robe is barely two tones and the face a few carved lines. “Perfection is not more. Perfection is exactly enough.”

Maker: Hashiguchi Goyō
Date: 1920
Medium of the original: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00423

As chosen: 8 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	164	Good	Trimmed 8.5%
8 x 12 in	150	Good	Trimmed 9%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
11 x 14 in	119 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	109 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged