In Praise of Shadows

Name: In Praise of Shadows
Author: Junichiro Tanizaki

by Junichiro Tanizaki

Essay celebrating Japanese aesthetics of shadow, transience, and subtle beauty

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Junichiro Tanizaki

One of Japan's greatest novelists whose work obsessively explored feminine beauty, fetishism, and the erotic tensions between tradition and modernity. In Praise of Shadows is his celebrated aesthetic essay.

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