{"product_id":"in-praise-of-shadows","title":"In Praise of Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis eloquent work on the Japanese sense of beauty explores the subtle interplay of shade and light in several important aspects of Japanese life — architecture, drama, food, femininity and literature — and traces the retreat of this mature, shadowy aesthetic tradition before the brighter, more garnish products of Western technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJunichiro Tanizaki, one of the most eloquent Japanese novelists, leads readers through 'darkness seen by candlelight' replete with a 'pregnancy of particles like fine, ashes, each particle as luminous as a rainbow'. His flowing, wandering meditation cannot fail to delight all lovers of the traditions of the East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1993 and 1394, In Praise of Shadows presents readers with Tanizaki’s obvious love for the traditions for which his country is renowned and provide a prescient warning of the dangers those traditions face.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44043251482689,"sku":"9784805319352","price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/3179\/3984\/files\/In-Praise-of-Shadows.jpg?v=1781216358","url":"https:\/\/qagoma.store\/products\/in-praise-of-shadows","provider":"QAGOMA Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}