An edition of 陰翳礼讃 (In'ei raisan) (1977)

In praise of shadows

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An edition of 陰翳礼讃 (In'ei raisan) (1977)

In praise of shadows

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  • ★★★★ ★ 4.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 28 Want to read
  • 6 Have read

"This is a powerfully anti-modernist book, yet contains the most beautiful evocation of the traditional Japanese aesthetic, which cast such a spell on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright.

"The contradiction is easily explained: Tanizaki sees the empty Japanese wall as not empty at all, but a surface on which light continually traces its fugitive presence against encroaching shadow. He constructs a myth of the origin of the Japanese house: it began with a roof and overhanging eaves, which cast a shadow on the earth, calling forth a shelter."

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Leete's Island Books
Language
English
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48

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architecture, design theory, Japanese, design, Japanese aesthetics, Civilization, Aesthetics, Aesthetics, japanese, LITERARY CRITICISM, Asian, General, Pl839.a7 a25 1977, 895.6/4/4, Art japonais, Esthétique

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January 1980, Leetes Island Books
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In praise of shadows
1977, Leete's Island Books
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Translation of Inʼei raisan.

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895.6/4/4
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PL839.A7 A25 1977

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48 p. ;
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