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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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 ...
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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 ...
"The sun never knew how wonderful it was," the architect Louis Kahn said, "until it fell on the wall of a building." And for us the act of inhabitation is ...
In Praise of Shadows
Book by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
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
Duration: 59:06
Posted: May 17, 2022
Posted: May 17, 2022
The darkness in which the Nō is shrouded and the beauty that emerges from it make a distinct world of shadows which today can be seen only on the stage; but in ...
In making for ourselves a place to live, we first spread a parasol to throw a shadow on the earth, and in the pale light of the shadow we put together a house.
“In Praise of Shadows” (In-ei Raison) is a long essay published in 1934, in which Tanizaki sums up what he feels Japan has lost in becoming modern. In brief, it ...
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This is a gem of a book. Beautifully translated by Harper and Seidensticker, this series of brief meditations on Japanese aesthetics moves seemingly randomly ...