Deco Japan at Japan Society

You usually do not think of Japan when you think of the Art Deco movement, but the years between the World Wars saw a flourishing of art in this style, now on exhibit at the Japan Society in Manhattan (near the United Nations).

A lot of the art of that period focuses on "the modern girl"-- sometimes an updated traditional Japanese girl, but also often a kind of glorified geisha...

Great website also has video:

http://www.japansociety.org/event/deco-japan-shaping-art-and-culture-19201945