| Print Name: |
Size (inch): |
Size (cm): |
Notes: |
| Oban |
9.5 x 14.5 |
24.1 x 36.8 |
Most common size. Half of a full-size Hosho sheet.
Hiroshige, Yoshitoshi, Hasui, Yoshida. |
| Aiban |
9 x 13 |
22.5 x 34.2 |
Smaller than Oban.
Some Hiroshige, Hokusai series. |
| Chuban |
7.5 x 10 |
19 x 26 |
Half of Oban size. One-quarter of full-size Hosho sheet. |
| Dai Oban |
12 x 16.5 |
30.5 x 42 |
Large Oban.
Normal size for Jacoulet, and large prints by Elizabeth Keith. |
Double Oban
(Large Oban) |
15 x 20 |
38 x 51 |
Full-size Hosho Sheet.
Yoshida "Sailing Boats", "Matterhorn". |
| Koban |
5 x 7.5 |
12.7 x 19 |
One-Eighth of full-size sheet.
Hasui miniatures. |
| Tanzaku |
17 x 5 |
43 x 12.7 |
Narrow, vertical-format prints.
Kacho-e. |
| Chu-Tanzaku |
15 x 5.1 |
38 x 13 |
Slightly smaller, vertical-format prints.
Kacho-e. |
| Hosoban |
13 x 5.7 |
33 x 14.5 |
Small, vertical-format prints.
Kacho-e. Koson. |
| Shikishiban |
7.1 x 8.3 |
18.2 x 21.2 |
Square format. Fan Prints.
Koson Kacho-e. |
| Hashira-e |
28.7 x 4.7 |
73 x 12 |
Narrow, vertical format used for pillar prints.
Kiyonaga, Harunobu. |
| Kakemono-e |
30 x 9 |
76.5 x 23 |
Larger, vertical format, often vertical oban diptychs.
Kuniyasu, Eizan, Eisen, Hiroshige, Yoshitoshi. |