In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays

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.

〇谷崎の代表的なエッセイ4編の完全新訳版
〇人気の「陰翳礼讃」ほか「岡本にて」「阪神見聞録」「私の見た大阪及び大阪人」を収録
〇京都を拠点に活動する写真家ジョン・アイナーセンによる美しい写真つき