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[Japanese drawing] – Antique Print

[Japanese drawing], 1750 — historic drawing
[Japanese drawing], 1750. Historic drawing from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Credited to Isoda Koryūsai, a painter and printmaker active in Edo from about 1764 to 1788, this single drawing reflects the refined line for which he is known, especially in his prints of women. The record's details do not line up neatly, though. It is dated 1750, which predates the artist's known career, and its subject headings name drawbridges and foreign visitors in Tokyo between 1850 and 1900. Tokyo was not the city's name until 1868, so those tags may describe a later context or were assigned loosely, and the notes also list botanicals as a theme. The date and subject terms are best treated as provisional.

Created / published1750
CreatorIsoda Koryūsai fl. 1764-1788 artist.
Medium1 drawing.
NotesForms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Forms part of the David Murray Collection. Botanicals
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan2,392 × 3,434 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227456

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