In Praise of Shadows
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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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Leete's Island Books,U.S.
- : Leete's Island Books,U.S.
- : 01 December 1977
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jun'ichiro Tanizaki; Thomas J. Harper (Translator); Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator); Charles Moore (Foreword by)
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 56