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Inume Pass in Kai Province

Name: Inume Pass in Kai Province
Brand: The Floating World
SKU: PA-00372

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830–32

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 14% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Packhorse drivers climb the switchbacked ridge toward Inume Pass; the trail folds back on itself, and Fuji rises full-height beyond the valley. Kai Province's inland Fuji — seen not from the sea or the city but from the working road over the mountains: a view a traveler earned on foot. The path's zigzag makes a slow ascent your eye can walk; Fuji's slope answers it in a single unbroken line. "The pass is climbed in switchbacks. The mountain was drawn in one line."

Maker: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: c. 1830–32
Medium of the original: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00372

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
12 x 8 in	140 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
16 x 12 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	93 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
24 x 16 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
36 x 24 in	46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	38 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged