About This Novel
"In Praise of Shadow" is a collection of essays about Japanese aesthetics by Japanese modern aestheticist Junichiro Tanizaki. In the book, Junichiro Tanizaki uses poetic words to describe the shadowy beauty unique to Japanese culture hidden in details such as the dark paper windows in Japanese houses, the dark, simple, clean and elegant toilets in Kyoto temples, and Japanese candlesticks with flickering candlelight. This kind of beauty that contains calmness and pain does not exist in the objects, but in the dark shadows between objects. Just as luminous pearls can emit brilliance when placed in the dark, gemstones lose their charm when exposed to sunlight. With shadows, the beauty of shadows in Japanese culture arises.
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