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[Japanese drawing] – Historic 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 the record names for this drawing, though its notes also mention flowers and botanicals, so the catalog description is mixed. The attributed artist, Isoda Koryūsai, worked in Edo as a painter and printmaker from about 1764 to 1788, which sits uneasily with the 1750 date given here. The subject line places the scene in Tokyo between 1850 and 1900, a period when the city was still called Edo until 1868 and foreign visitors were becoming a common sight. Viewers should treat the date and subject details as catalog entries that may need checking rather than settled fact.

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 scan2,371 × 3,380 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227571

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