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December 24, 2008
Julia Meech and Jane Oliver, eds. Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680–1860 Exh. cat. New York: Asia Society and Japanese Art Society of America in association with University of Washington Press, 2008. 256 pp.; 200 color ills. Paper $45.00 (9780295987866)

Exhibition schedule: Asia Society and Museum, New York, February 27–May 4, 2008

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2008.127

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Designed for Pleasure is a visually beautiful exhibition catalogue and a great source of information concerning Japanese woodblock prints and books, Japanese paintings of the “floating world,” and the various cultures that commissioned, created, and enjoyed such works. The catalogue documents the 2008 Asia Society exhibition of the same name, which was a highly anticipated event as a result of the curators seeking out the very best works available from private and public collections in...