Format:Softcover
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.
Literary & Contemporary Fiction
56 pages • Softcover
First published 1977-12-01
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In Praise of Shadows
By Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Junʼichirō Tanizaki
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.
Literary & Contemporary Fiction
56 pages • Softcover
First published 1977-12-01
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