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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

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Title	:	In Praise of Shadows
Author	:	Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary 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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Σε έναν κόσμο που έχει ανάγει τη Δύση και τις συνήθειές της σε πρότυπο και αναζητεί την πολυτέλεια και την ομορφιά στα φανταχτερά αντικείμενα και στις γυαλάδες τους, που προσπαθεί να εξαλείψει κάθε σκιά και να αποφύγει με κάθε τρόπο το σκοτάδι, ο Τανιζάκι φανερώνει τη μαγεία των σκιών. Ο Ιάπωνας συγγραφέας πραγματεύεται τις αμέτρητες ποιότητες που μπορεί να προκαλέσει το παιχνίδι του ελάχιστου φωτός μέσα σε έναν σκοτεινό χώρο και τις αισθήσεις που μπορεί να αφυπνίσει, ενώ ταυτόχρονα νοσταλγεί