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JAPANESE PRINT SIZES
Saturday, August 27, 2011 3:35:54 PM
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tate - e and yoko - e may appear after the paper size (e.g. oban tate - e or chuban yoko - e). They refer to the alignment of the print , tate - e is a vertically aligned (portrait) print , while yoko - e is a horizontal (landscape) print. |
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a large hosho sheet called " o - bosho " to reduce (approximate is 58 cm x 31 cm). Oban was the most commonly used format and made by cutting a piece of obosho vertically , very roughly 25 cm x 38 cm , comparable to the B4 (250 mm x 353 mm) paper standard today. |
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(176 mm x 250 mm) paper standard today. Paper sizes are a bit of a mess. Descriptions considerably vary with source. Four different sources will result in four different sets of measures. The following data is collected from various sources. |
Japanese Print Sizes
(in alphabetical order , approx.)
half of a small hosho sheet , roughly halfway between chuban and oban sizes about 13x8.5 in. or 13x9 in. approx. (cm) 34x23 cm , 34.2x22.5 cm , 34.5x22.5 cm Choban half of obosho sheet , by division along its long axis about 7.5x20.7 in. approx. (cm) 19.5x53 cm |
 matchbox cover unknown artist 33 mm x 52 mm |
 Takeji Asano (1900 - 1999) 89 mm x 68 mm |
half an oban , by division along its short axis , a quarter of large hosho sheet about 7x10 in. , 7.5x10 in. , 7.5x10.7 in. approx. (cm) 19x25 cm , 19x25.5 cm , 19x26 cm , 19.5x26.5 cm Chu - tanzaku (Chutanzaku - ban) half an oban , by division along its long axis , a quarter of large hosho sheet about 15x5 in. , 15x5.1 in. , 15.6x5.8 in. approx. (cm) 38x13 cm , 39x13.25 cm |
also called " large oban " about 12x16.5 in. , 13.75x18.25 in. approx. (cm) 30x42 cm , 30.5x42 cm , 34.5x45.5 cm Diptych 2 oban prints placed horizontally together Double oban (or obosho) entire large hosho sheet about 20x15 in. approx. (cm) 51x38 cm , 53x39 cm Ebankiri about 7.5x20.25 in. approx. (cm) 19x51.5 cm Habahiro hashira - e about 10x29 in. approx. (cm) 26 x (68 - 73) cm Hashira - e (Hashira-eban) a narrow vertical format about 4.5x28 in. , 5x29 in. approx. (cm) 12x73 cm , 13x73 cm , (12 - 16) x (68 - 73) cm |
 Taisho - early Showa era unidentified artist published by Sakuraiya 89 mm x 139 mm |
a third of a small hosho sheet about 5x13 in. , 6x13 in. approx. (cm) 14.5x33 cm , 15x33 cm Kakemono - e a narrow vertical hanging scroll format about 9x30 in. approx. (cm) 23x76 cm , 23x77 cm Kaku - Surimono about 7x8.5 in. approx. (cm) 18x21.5 cm Koban half an aiban , by division along its short axis about 6.75x9 in. , 7x9 in. approx. (cm) 17x23 cm Kokonotsugiri-ban 1/9 of obosho sheet , one third of o - tanzaku , by division along its short axis about 5.1x6.7 in. approx. (cm) 13x17.6 cm |
 from the Sekai Bijutsu (The World of Art) magazine (1890s) Mizuno Toshikata (1858 - 1928) 133 mm x 194 mm |
 Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902 - 1999) Woodblock printed postcard 91 mm x 139 mm |
one third of an aiban , by division along its long axis about 13x3 in. , 13.5x3 in. , 13x4 in. approx. (cm) 34.5x7.6 cm , 34x8 cm Ko - yotsugiri half a koban , by division along its short axis about 7x5 in. approx. (cm) 17x12 cm Mitzugiri one third of an oban , by division along its short axis about 10x5 in. approx. (cm) 25x13 cm Nagaban (naga - ban) about 20.25x9 in. , 22x10 in. approx. (cm) 50x22 cm , 51.5x23 cm , 56x25 cm |
half of large hosho (obosho) sheet about 10x15 in. , 10.7x15.6 in. approx. (cm) 25x38 cm , 25.4x38 cm , 26x38 cm , 26.5x39 cm Ogata - chuban about 8.5x11.5 in. approx. (cm) 21.7x29.3 cm O - tanzaku (otanzaku - ban , o - hosoban , or large hosoban) a narrow vertical print , one third of obosho sheet , by division along its short axis (Obosho would cut into two oban , or three o - tanzaku.) about 6.5x15 in. , 7x15 in. , 6.7x15.6 in. approx. (cm) 17.6x39 cm , 18x38 cm |
 unknown artist 140 mm x 90 mm |
5 oban prints placed horizontally together Shikishiban (shikishi - ban , also called " Kakuban ") a mostly square format , often used for surimono about 6.7 x 7.5 in. , 7x8 in. , 8x9 in. , 9x10 in. approx. (cm) 17.6x19.5 cm , 17.8x20.3 cm , 18x21 cm , 20.5x23 cm , 23x26 cm Sho - tanzaku about 3.75x10 in. approx. (cm) 9.5x25.5 cm Tanzaku a narrow vertical format about 5x17 in. approx. (cm) 12.7x43 cm , 13x43 cm Triptych 3 oban prints placed horizontally together |
 unidentified artist approximately 84 mm x 127 mm |
 unidentified artist 73 mm x 161 mm |
about 9x10 in. approx. (cm) 22.9x25.4 cm Yatsugiri (yatsugiri - ban) postcard size about 3.75x5 in. approx. (cm) 9.5x12.7 cm , 10x13 cm Yotsugiri half a chuban , by division along its short axis about 7x5 in. , 7.5x5.8 in. approx. (cm) 19x13 cm , 19.5x13.25 cm |
 unidentified artist 73 mm x 161 mm |
 unidentified artist 73 mm x 161 mm |
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