A fully illustrated beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizakis wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture. We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows the light and the darkness that one thing against another creates... Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty. This book is in fact a portal. Reading it you will be led by Junichiro Tanizakis light touch into a mysterious and tranquil world of darkness and shadows where gold flashes in the gloom and a d