SundayArts
The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860
April 21st, 2008 at 2:55 pm

Designed for Pleasure (on exhibit now at the Asia Society and Museum) examines Ukiyo-e (pronounced oo-key-yo-ay), the paintings and woodcuts that depict the “floating world,” a term that has become identified with the pleasure quarters and theater districts of Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries. GO

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