In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki with Thomas J. Harper (Translator), Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)

80 pages • first pub 1933 (view editions) user-added

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 Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty.Nothing evokes the calm and nuance of the traditional Japanese aesthetic more profoundly than this book. Tanizaki’s eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, even toilets, examining the design and ...

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