Designed for Pleasure: Inside the World of Edo Japan
(4:54 minutes)
Iconic images tied to the pleasure quarters and theater districts of Edo (modern Tokyo) in paintings and prints from 1680-1860. On view from February 27 through May 4, 2008, Asia Society's Designed for Pleasure exhibition brings together some of the most prized examples of ukiyo-e, prints and paintings from Japan's "floating world."
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