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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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Kara nishiki, the "Chinese brocade" style, refers to Japanese textiles that imitated the richly patterned silks imported from China, and these plates show how that visual vocabulary moved between East Asian workshops. Floral motifs such as peonies, chrysanthemums and lotuses were favorites in both traditions, often arranged in repeating medallions or scrolling vines. Set side by side with Korean examples, the plates invite comparison of how each culture adapted the same flowers to its own taste in color, spacing and outline. Look closely at the borders, where small differences in how the petals and leaves are drawn reveal the hands behind each design.

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. color patterns designs
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,624 × 5,358 px · prints to 12 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227585

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