In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays

Illustrated with artful images by renowned Kyoto-based photographer John Einarsen, this book is a "must-have" for all fans of Japanese literature and anyone interested in Japanese art and design. These all-new translations of four landmark essays by Junichiro Tanizaki bring fresh insights to the work of one of Japan`s most acclaimed writers. The translations by Michael P. Cronin bring together Tanizaki`s famous meditation on Japanese aesthetics with three other fascinating cultural commentaries that appear here in English for the first time: