In Praise of Shadows

by Junichiro Tanizaki ; foreword Charles Moore ; afterword Thomas J. Harper

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Author(s)

Junichiro Tanizaki

Publication, year

London : Vintage Books, 2001

Scope

74 Pages, 20 cm.

ISBN

9780099283577

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The text 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 essay forms a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern age.

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Location

Cabinet 31 - 2: Lichaam en omgeving

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;