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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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A drawbridge in Tokyo and the foreign visitors who came to see it are the subjects this drawing is catalogued under. The record credits Isoda Koryūsai, an Edo-period artist recorded as active from 1764 to 1788 and best known for ukiyo-e prints, but it gives a date of 1750 and subject dates of 1850 to 1900, which do not agree with one another. Tokyo was the name Edo took in 1868, when foreign travelers and residents became a more common sight in the city, so the later subject dates may describe the scene while the drawing's origin remains unsettled.

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.
SubjectsDrawbridges--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1850-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,641 × 5,429 px · prints to 12 × 18 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227489

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