Originally published: 1933
Author: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Genre: Philosophy
Language: Japanese
Original title: 陰翳礼讃 (In'ei Raisan)
Pages: 73
Published in English: 1977
In Praise of Shadows is a 1933 essay on Japanese aesthetics by the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was translated into English, in 1977, ...
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