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Laura Allen, Curator of Japanese Art at the Asian Art Museum, discusses the "floating world" of the Edo-period (1615–1868), including the Yoshiwara, a walled and moated pleasure quarter in Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan.
Additional Resources
Seduction: Japan's Floating World
The Printer's Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection
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