“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki book In Praise of Shadows
Source: In Praise of Shadows
Quotes from bookIn Praise of Shadows
Jun'ichirō TanizakiOriginal title 陰翳礼讃 (Japanese, 1933)
In Praise of Shadows is an essay on Japanese aesthetics by the Japanese author and novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was translated into English by the academic students of Japanese literature, Thomas Harper and Edward Seidensticker. A new translation by Gregory Starr was published in December 2017.
