Downloadable Reference to Japanese Paper Dimensions

| No Comments

I've posted a chart of standard Japanese paper dimensions. This will primarily be of use to graphic designers, artists, or researchers that need a quick reference to dimensions of prints, photographs, or other papers. This TIFF file is very small, only 216K and optimized for laser printing, but should be easily viewable if you zoom in (the type is very tiny, the original document was a wallet-sized card).

I picked up this reference card in an art supplies shop in Tokyo several years ago. This may seem like an extremely obscure set of information, but there really is an interesting story behind it. Governmental regulations on paper dimensions go back hundreds of years in Japan, and the archaic names in kanji (i.e. "hanga" or "half-picture") still give a hint of that ancient system.

Leave a comment

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Charles published on February 26, 2002 9:13 AM.

A Picture of Me was the previous entry in this blog.

Desktop Publishing in Japan 100 years ago is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Archives

Pages

Powered by Movable Type 5.13-en