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japanese paintings from the floating world 1690–1850
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| Drama and Desire:
Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690–1850
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - Sunday, December 16, 2007
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With the establishment of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) as the major political and commercial center of Japan in the seventeenth century, artists developed a new imagery, known as ukiyo-e. Masters of the genre explored the daily activities of the city's inhabitants and detailed the stylish preoccupations of the "Floating World"—the theaters and the brothels. While many of these artists, such as Harunobu, Utamaro, and Hokusai, are well-known in the West for their woodblock prints, it was in the medium of painting that they actually received their major commissions.
The Japanese press has hailed the Museum's collection of more than 700 ukiyo-e paintings as the finest anywhere in the world. Despite the collection's acclaim, "Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690–1850" marks the first exhibition highlighting the Museum's holdings of these works.
In addition to the podcast, which is a five-minute overview of the exhibition, a full audio tour is available at all MFA ticket desks (members $5, nonmembers $6, youths under 17 $4).
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Above: Hishikawa Moronobu, Scenes from the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, Japanese, Edo period, Jôkyô (1684–1688) to Genroku (1688–1704) era. One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper. Gift of Oliver W. Peabody.
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