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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 in Tokyo set this drawing apart from the courtesan and actor scenes common on the board. The record credits Isoda Koryūsai, an Edo-based artist active from 1764 to 1788, but dates the sheet to 1750 and its subjects to 1850 to 1900, so the timing is unsettled. The later range fits the period after Japan opened its ports in the 1850s, when foreigners began arriving in greater numbers. The listed abacus hints at the everyday commerce that Japanese pictures often showed alongside city landmarks.

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. Tools (b&w) e.g. abacus
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,620 × 5,053 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227427

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