Rōshi Ensei
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827–30
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 195 dpi, good. Trimmed 4.2% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The wrestler Rōshi Ensei — Yan Qing of the Chinese novel — hoists a massive timber beam overhead, his tattooed body coiled under the load. This series rescued Kuniyoshi from obscurity and gave Edo a new kind of hero — the tattooed strongman — igniting the fashion for full-body irezumi from which Japanese tattooing still descends. The tattoo is a print within the print: a second design carved into the figure’s skin, its colors registered inside the body’s outline block by block. The beam is heavy. Look what he carries on his skin.
- Maker
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Date
- c. 1827–30
- Medium of the original
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00409
| Picture | 12 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 19.6 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 | 293 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.2% |
| 12 x 16 in | 204 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.2% |
| 12 x 18 in | 195 | Good | Trimmed 4.2% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 146 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 97 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 81 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,453 x 3,525 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 8, lights 211 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0.2% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0.8% vivid
- Sharpness
- 7.21
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, 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.
A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.
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