Seduction: Japan's Floating World: The John C. Weber Collection

. Her most recent publications include In the Moment: Japanese Art from the Larry Ellison Collection and The Printer's Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection, both from the Asian Art Museum. Allen, curator of Japanese art at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, is author of numerous essays on Japanese narrative painting and woodblock prints. About the AuthorLaura W

. Her most recent publications include In the Moment: Japanese Art from the Larry Ellison Collection and The Printer's Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection, both from the Asian Art Museum. Laura W. Allen, curator of Japanese art at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, is author of numerous essays on Japanese narrative painting and woodblock prints

Rath, and Julia Meech introduce the floating world, consider the role of food in the pleasure quarter, and explore the feminine gaze in the Japanese print. Pursuit of such pleasures prompted a revolution in fashion, literature, and the visual arts, as the pleasure district was marketed not just through the offer of sex but rather through the elaboration of the seductive image of a sophisticated demimonde that beckoned visitors. * * Winner of the 2017 Silver Medal for Fine Art (National Level) from the Independent Publisher Book Awards * *Featuring dozens of stunning Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, serving vessels and thoughtful essays, Seduction paints a vibrant and provocative picture of Japan's Uikoyo-e or 'floating world.''The Floating World' was catch phrase that defined the pleasure quarters of Edo-period Japan's (1615—1868) and conveyed a fantasy realm where men were led to believe they could drift aimlessly in the pursuit of pleasure. The result is a fascinating study of the way that visual objects were used to convey insider knowledge about the latest fashions in clothing, hairstyles, accessories, and even games. Essays by Melinda Takeuchi, Eric