Underwater, Tanmeijirō Genshōgo — “Short-Lived Second Son,” one of the fisherman brothers of the marsh — locks an enemy in a death grapple, blade in hand. Nobody had staged a fight beneath the surface of a river before; Kuniyoshi’s submerged duel is image-making a century ahead of the cinema it resembles. The current is carved as ribbons that wrap the fight — tattoo and water tangling until skin and river read as one pattern. Even underwater, he does not let go.

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-00410

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 12 in	155	Good	Trimmed 4.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 16 in	108 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	103 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
16 x 24 in	77 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	62 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 36 in	51 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	31 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged