Ichikawa Ebizō — the great Danjūrō V, playing under a new name — as Sadanoshin, a performer whose daughter’s disgrace will drive him to take his own life: heavy brows, set mouth, a man who has already decided. From the same twenty-eight-sheet debut as the Edobei, and often called the finest actor portrait ever printed — tragedy carried entirely by a face against darkness. Where the Edobei grimaces, this face holds still: the carver spends everything on the brows and the corners of the mouth, and the mica dark does the work of a stage. A man who has already decided, holding still.

Maker: Tōshūsai Sharaku
Date: 1794
Medium of the original: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00405

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	210	Excellent	Trimmed 1.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 17% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
12 x 18 in	140 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
16 x 24 in	105 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
20 x 30 in	84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 36 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
40 x 60 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged