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[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 in Tokyo, with foreign visitors among its subjects, sets this sheet apart from the many Japanese views of bridges on the same board. The catalog date of 1750 does not fit the artist, Isoda Koryūsai, who is recorded as working between 1764 and 1788, and the subject headings place the scene between 1850 and 1900, when Western travelers and residents were a growing presence in Tokyo. The sheet belongs to the David Murray Collection of Japanese drawings, assembled by an American who worked in Japan in the 1870s, and the notes indicate that some items in the group are dated 1878.

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. Murray Collection of Japanese Drawings: acc. 43686. Some dated 1878. No. 936 to 1189
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan1,219 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227626

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