Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's luminous meditation on traditional Japanese aesthetics finds unexpected beauty in shadows, silence, and cold. In an age of glare and noise, he praises dim rooms, worn surfaces, and the hush of a winter toilet. With wit and sensual precision, Tanizaki shows how elegance emerges not from display but from concealment--what we soften, what we shadow, what we leave unsaid.
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