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[Japanese drawing] – Antique Wall Art

[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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Unlike many Japanese drawings that show townspeople or actors, this one is recorded as a view of a drawbridge in Tokyo with foreign visitors, a subject tied to the years after Japan opened its ports to Western trade in the 1850s. The catalog lists the artist as Isoda Koryūsai, who worked in Edo, as Tokyo was then called, from about 1764 to 1788, so the date of 1750 given in the record is probably approximate or inaccurate. Koryūsai is known for refined ukiyo-e prints of women and everyday life, and this drawing is a useful reminder of how the city's architecture and visitors were recorded across the Edo and Meiji periods.

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. Murrary Collection Continues
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,663 × 5,359 px · prints to 12 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227402

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