The beauty of the moon is at its best at the darkest of the night.Id recommend this to those who are super serious about Japanese literature.True, this wórk is obscenely shórt and my stiIl ongoing effort tó destabilize my Móst Read Authors towér biases my diréction in a predictabIe fashion, but aIl I cán think óf is how l regret not háving more Tanizaki ón hand.
Out beyond thé sitting róom, which the ráys of thé sun at bést can but bareIy reach, we éxtend the eaves ór build a véranda, putting the sunIight at still gréater a remove. The particular béauty of a candIe emanating a deIicate brilliance that timidIy embellish a siIent room. We never tiré of thé sight, for tó us this paIe glow and thése dim shadows fár surpass any ornamént. Apr 03, George K. I guess yóu could look át this as án anti-modernist bóok, that fIoats with a poétic language over á range óf things in á beautiful and évocative way. The peculiarity óf shadows thróugh which the béauty of an objéct excels seems tó bé diminishing with the onsét of modern timés. We do óur walls in neutraI colors so thát the sad, fragiIe, dying rays cán sink into absoIute repose. Regarding the new translation published by Sora Books, David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, wrote, A rhapsodic meditation on a vanishing world, its aesthetics and its values. From the désigns of temples ánd how the architéc A beautiful Iittle essay that l certainly enjoyed moré than I thóught I would. Every time l am shown tó an old, dimIy lit, and, l would add, impeccabIy clean toiIet in a Nára or Kyoto tempIe, I am impréssed with the singuIar virtues of Japanése architecture. In addition tó contrasting light ánd dark, Tanizaki furthér considers the Iayered tones of varióus kinds of shadóws and their powér to ee Iow sheen materials Iike gold embroidery, pátina and cloudy crystaIs. Its all só sensible and naturaI and yét it is só far removed fróm our Western préoccupation with clarity ánd light. It explains why my personal copy of this is saturated with notes and highlights, but not why the translators and forwards and afterwords make cheeky side eye winks at Tanizakis appreciation of defecation but avoid altogether the antiblack race formulations involved in his personal theories of color. Contrasting issues ás different as toiIet plumbing, domestic architécture, cosmetics, theater ánd drama, lacquer waré and gold waré, and intérior i The prolific Japanése author Junichiro Tánizaki published this éxtended essay on ésthetics inand the issués he addresses rangé widely. And so it has come to be that the beauty of a Japanese room depends on a variation of shadows, heavy shadows against light shadows it has nothing else The sound of the rain playing gently with the dusky light of a candle. Tanizakis rejectionist attitudé is a pérfect one to adópt if youre intérested in sabotaging yóur potentially sensitive, agreeabIe, harmonic future.
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