A woman holds a letter close to her face, utterly absorbed — the world outside its lines gone. The series claimed, half in jest, to read women’s characters like a physiognomist; what it actually did was make inner life the subject of a print, and Tsutaya published it on shimmering mica as if attention itself were a luxury good. There is no background at all — only bare mica — so the whole drama rides on the grip of her hands and the few loose hairs the carver cut free of the coiffure. Whatever the letter says, it is hers alone.

Maker: Kitagawa Utamaro
Date: c. 1792–93
Medium of the original: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00401

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	209	Excellent	Trimmed 0.5%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 18 in	139 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
16 x 24 in	104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 30 in	83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
24 x 36 in	69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
40 x 60 in	41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged