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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

In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Paperback | Pages: 56 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 10846 Users | 936 Reviews

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

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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

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

کتابی عالی برای علاقهمندان به فرهنگ سنتی. نویسنده با نگاهی تیزبینانه نشان میدهد که چطور دریافت سنتی ژاپنیها از زیبایی تحت تأثیر الگوهای غربی تغییر میکند. در حین خواندن کتاب مدام الگوهای فکری ژاپنی و غربی را با الگوهای خودمان هم مقایسه میکنید و به نکاتی دربارهی روانشناسی جمعی خودمان پی میبرید که شاید پیش از آن هرگز به آنها توجه نکرده بودید. ترجمه و طراحی کتاب هم حرف نداردتکههایی از متنسالها پیش یک بار در مقالهای که برای مجلهی بونگی شونجو نوشتم خودنویس را با قلممو مقایسه کردم. آنجا گفتم که اگر

Ο Τανιζάκι είναι ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα ονόματα της Ιαπωνικής λογοτεχνίας και το μικρό αυτό βιβλιαράκι είναι μάλλον το πιο πολυδιαβασμένο έργο του. Η Ιαπωνική κουλτούρα είναι μια από αυτές που σέβομαι και εκτιμώ και είναι πάντα απόλαυση να διαβάζω απόψεις και αντιλήψεις γύρω από αυτήν, πόσο μάλλον όταν εκφράζονται από έναν μεγάλο Ιάπωνα συγγραφέα. Εδώ ο συγγραφέας παραθέτει ουσιαστικά την αντίληψή του για την ομορφιά της γιαπωνέζικης και κατ'επέκταση της ανατολίτικης αισθητικής στις τέχνες αλλά

In this delightful essay Junichiro Tanizaki looks at Japanese aesthetics, and selects praise for all things delicate and nuanced, everything softened by shadows, and the patina of age, anything understated and simply natural, for instance the patterns of grain in old wood, the sound of rain falling from leaves, or washing over the footing of a stone lantern in a garden, and refreshing the moss that grows around it, and by doing so he suggests an attitude of appreciation and mindfulness,

Το εγκώμιο της σκιάς είναι ένα μικρό,περιεκτικό και ουσιώδες βιβλίο που θα μπορούσε να χαρακτηριστεί και ως εγχειρίδιο αισθητικής στα παραδοσιακά ιδεώδη της Ανατολής. Ενα δοκίμιο απόρριψης κάθε επιφανειακής δυτικοποιημένης εξέλιξης. Μια καλογραμμένη έκθεση πάνω σε ανατολίτικο μετάξι με σκούρες αποχρώσεις ιδεών και όνειρα μέσα σε ομίχλες σκιών,σκοτάδι,ασάφεια,παρωχημένη αισθητική αντίληψη και γοητεία νηφαλιότητας. Η σκουριά και η μουντή παλαιωμένη πατίνα του χρόνου,παράλληλα με το αμυδρό και το

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,