In Praise of Shadows, Volume 10

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Leete's Island Books, 1977 - Fiction - 48 pages
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.

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Jun'ichiro Tanizaki was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 24, 1886. He was a modern Japanese novelist, whose writing is characterized by eroticism and ironic wit. His novels include Some Prefer Nettles, The Makioka Sisters, The Key, and Diary of a Mad Old Man. In 1949, he won the Asahi Prize and was awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government. He died of a heart attack on July 30, 1965.

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