The first station out: the tail of a daimyō procession files along the Shinagawa waterfront at sunrise, teahouses on the land side, cargo boats riding at anchor on Edo Bay. Hiroshige links his opening sheets in time — the procession that stepped onto Nihonbashi at dawn is here seen leaving the city — turning fifty-five separate prints into one continuous journey. You see only the procession’s rear guard; the journey has already moved past you. The bay’s sails catch the same low light as the shopfronts. The city ends quietly, one teahouse at a time.

Maker: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: c. 1833–34
Medium of the original: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00381

As chosen: 10 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	10 x 8 in
Outside size	11.6 x 9.6 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
10 x 8 in	157	Good	Trimmed 6.7%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
14 x 11 in	114 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 16 in	78 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 18 in	69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 24 in	52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
40 x 30 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop