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Jan 14, 2010 00:02


IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS (IN'EI RAISAN)
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
A short essay on the needed, and beautiful murkiness of Japanese art, including theater and culinary art. I read it because Diana had a copy of it, given to her by her boss. She said it mentioned architecture, but architecture was reduced to the art of taking a bath. The architecture of the ( Read more... )

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hibari_sensei January 15 2010, 04:55:02 UTC
I'll definitely have to check out "In Praise of Shadows". I love Japanese aesthetics and their relationship to the natural world.

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