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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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A drawbridge and foreign visitors are the subjects that set this drawing apart. The record places the scene in Tokyo between 1850 and 1900, a period when Japan's ports and capital were opening to Western travelers after generations of tight restriction. The artist, Isoda Koryūsai, was an ukiyo-e printmaker active from 1764 to 1788, best known for elegant Edo-period images of women and everyday life, so the listed date of 1750 and the subject period do not line up neatly. Viewers may find the drawing most useful as a record of how the city's bridges and its visitors looked during that era of change.

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.
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,760 × 5,418 px · prints to 13 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227566

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