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[Japanese drawing] – Historic Reproduction

[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 window into the past: [Japanese drawing], preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The record describes a drawing of a drawbridge in Tokyo, a structure that would have been a familiar part of the city's waterways and roads, and the tags also point to foreign visitors there. The dates don't line up neatly, though. The record gives 1750, while the artist Isoda Koryūsai is listed as active from 1764 to 1788, and the subject period of 1850 to 1900 falls well after both. The city was called Edo until 1868, so the record's "Tokyo" label reflects its later name. Koryūsai was a known ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, and his work is valued for its elegant, detailed depictions of everyday urban life.

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. Botanicals
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan2,344 × 3,411 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227457

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