In Praise of Shadows
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Author(s)Junichiro Tanizaki
PublisherLeete'S Island Books
ISBN / ASIN0918172020
ISBN-139780918172020
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank30,685
CategoryLiterary Collections
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description ▲
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.
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