num_pages: 73
description: Librarian note: An alternative cover edition can be found hereThis is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The result is a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern age.
language: English
title: In Praise of Shadows
titlecomplete: In Praise of Shadows
genres: Architecture, Asia, Essays, Art, Philosophy, Japanese Literature, Design, Classics, Nonfiction, Japan
ratings_count: 21589
awards: awardedAt: 1641024000000
name: Metų verstinė knyga for Non-fiction
publisher: Vintage Books