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[Japanese drawing] – Antique Wall Art

[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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The catalog record is uneven, and the dates don't line up: 1750 falls before 1764 to 1788, the years the attributed artist, Isoda Koryūsai, is recorded as active. The listed subjects, drawbridges in Tokyo and foreign visitors there between 1850 and 1900, point to a period when the city was still called Edo until 1868 and was opening to Western travelers. Koryūsai was an ukiyo-e printmaker best known for figure prints, so the attribution of this drawing to him calls for some caution.

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 scan3,754 × 5,195 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227436

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