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The peculiarity of shadows through which the beauty of an object excels seems to be diminishing with the onset of modern times. In praise of shadows, written by the well known japanese novelist tanizaki jun ichiro 18861965 in 1933, is a particularly charming and discursive rumination on the differences between japanese indeed, east asian and occidental aesthetics among other matters. Before i address tanizakis essay, let me first identify the two major eastwest discourses of the day. Chicago tribune skillfully and subtly, tanizaki brushes in a delicate picture of a gentle world that no longer exists.
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