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[Japanese drawing] – Vintage 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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This drawing is catalogued under the name Isoda Koryūsai, an Edo-period artist whom the record places as active from 1764 to 1788, and its subject headings point to drawbridges in Tokyo and to foreign visitors in the 1850-1900 period. The dates do not agree with one another. A 1750 date falls before the artist's recorded working years, and the 1850-1900 span runs after them, so the attribution and timing should be checked against other sources. Koryūsai is best known for ukiyo-e prints of urban life, beauties and landscapes, and the record's note on flowers and botanicals suggests the sheet may be a study of plant subjects rather than a view of the city.

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. flowers botanicals
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan2,303 × 3,372 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227567

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