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April 24, 2007
Roger S. Keyes Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan Exh. cat. New York and Seattle: New York Public Library and University of Washington Press, 2006. 320 pp.; 250 color ills. Cloth $60.00 (0925986247)

Exhibition schedule: New York Public Library, New York City, October 6, 2006–February 4, 2007

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Because the appreciation of illustrated books requires direct contact between the object and the viewer, it is difficult to make the experience of viewing these books accessible to a wide audience—notwithstanding recent advances in digital “page turning.” Viewing a book is usually a solitary act; at most two people might be able to appreciate a volume at the same time. The images in them are encountered one by one in the sequence determined by the...