Tanizaki Junichiro on Japanese Aesthetics [4K UHD] - In Praise of Shadows

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Tanizaki Junichiro's essay "In Praise of Shadows," first published in the 1930's, framed Japanese aesthetics through the lens of light and shadow, a perspective adopted by many artists and people of culture.

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