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Original Title:	陰翳礼讃 [In'ei raisan]
ISBN:	0918172020 (ISBN13: 9780918172020)
Edition Language:	English

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Paperback | Pages: 56 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 10846 Users | 936 Reviews

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Title	:	In Praise of Shadows
Author	:	Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 56 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1977 by Leete's Island Books (first published 1933)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Cultural. Japan. Architecture. Art. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Philosophy. Writing. Essays

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The preference for a pensive luster to a shallow brilliance.



My quiet, soothingly minimalist room seems of no consequence when juxtaposed with the unearthly beauty that Jun'ichirō Tanizaki described in this splendid essay on aesthetics.

A shōji. Lightning. Electric fans. The right heating system. Architecture. Food.
Every detail to avoid the disruption of harmony in a Japanese room.
An almost imperceptible line between an extremely refine taste and the subtlety of irony.

We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them. We never tire of the sight, for to us this pale glow and these dim shadows far surpass any ornament. (9)

Inside this book, there is a room that seems enraptured by the sobriety of the different shades of black.
So much space beholding the magnificence of a dim light on a particular spot, barely illuminating the serene twilight the walls seem to be made of.

Could this book be applied to people? It shouldn't. But that is subject to one's personality. You could be the reserved, darkened room. Except when writing. And that would be fine.

Nevertheless, a book on beauty has its share of ugliness; people's skin and supposed degrees of purity.

Above all, this is an essay that exalts the enigmatic candlelight.
The particular beauty of a candle emanating a delicate glow that embellish a silent room. A most idyllic view under its mystical light.

Nothing superfluous. Nothing pretentious. Nothing loud but the silence. A universe in one's thoughts. The encounter with oneself under the tenuous radiance of a candle, evoking a somber night and the bright moon someone is gazing at.

Tanizaki observes. Tanizaki fights. Tanizaki pouts! Tanizaki misses. Tanizaki regrets.
The sound of the rain playing gently with the dusky light of a candle.

The mind wanders.



Nov 21, 2015
* Also on my blog.
** Photo credit: Japanese room / via bluebu.us
Tatami room / via Kyoto Contemplation
Candle / via Free images

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Ratings: 4.09 From 10846 Users | 936 Reviews

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A delightful essay on the ethos of Japanese aesthetics, its frigid elegance and its ancestral raison detre. Thanks to Tanizakis unadorned yet carefully layered prose I start to grasp the importance of natural materials like worn-out wood or paper lanterns, or the preference for dim lighted rooms and tarnished tableware that lack the aggressive glitter of metal or the aseptic whiteness of tiles of modern houses. Its in the musky darkness that shrouds the bare room, devoid of artificial ornaments,

We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty. This is a fascinating, surprising, occasionally amusing essay that lauds and explains traditional Japanese aesthetics relating to light and its absence. Its applied to architecture, music, writing, the costumes of theatres and temples, women, and food. It contrasts Japanese principles with the western ones

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roman sandığım kitap denemeymiş :) sürpriz oldu ama iyi oldu. tanizakinin romanlarında izini sürdüğümüz pek çok konudaki fikirlerini okuyoruz. doğu ülkelerinin ışıkla ilişkisinin batıdan ne kadar farklı olduğunu hayretle okudum. evdeki gümüş ya da çelikleri cilalayan hizmetçilerin azarlanması bahsi var. batıdakinin tam zıttı. her şeyin loş, karanlık ve kararmış olmasını seviyorlar.kadınların dudaklarını yeşile dişlerini siyaha boyayıp kaşlarını tıraşlamaları ise... yani 🙄elektrik ve fuzuli

Mas o que raio foi isto?Eu a 10 páginas de ter iniciado o livro só pensava "não! Este livro tem de ser mais que isto. Não pode, não pode continuar assim!"Mas não. O livro continuou na mesma veia desinteressante.Basicamente o autor compara a importância que a sombra ou as sombras possuem na sua cultura com a importância quase inexistente que as mesmas possuem no mundo ocidental moderno.Chegou ao ponto de falar em RETRETES! E comparar as retretes orientais com as ocidentais.Não estou a enganar-me.

Gölgeye Övgü adından da anlaşılacağı gibi gölgeye, gereği kadar olan ışığa ve bunların bulunduğu ortamı adeta bir sanat eseri haline getirişine dair yazılmış bir deneme. Geleneksel bir Japon evinin yapılışında ışığın - gölgenin dengelenmesinden tutun, basit bir evdeki dekorasyonel oyukların nasıl gölgelendirilmesi - ışıklandırılması gerektiğine kadar, No Tiyatrosundan Kabuki Tiyatrosuna gölgenin önemine kadar daha birçok konuda Tanizakinin görüşlerini okuyoruz. Tanizakinin bu konuyu yıllarca