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";s:4:"text";s:22783:"The hue may differ from room to room, but the degree of difference in colour as in shade, a difference that will seem to exist only in the mood of the viewer. I blame In Praise of Shadows. I seem to spend a great deal of time in subtle lighting. The antidote? This, then, is where In Praise of Shadows reaches one of its central points – how Japanese rooms depend on “a variation of shadows, heavy shadows against light shadows”. In Praise of Shadows creates undulating wooden walls for Stockholm Aesop store. In two decades, the country transformed itself – despite this radical turnaround, Tanazaki laments how Japan missed the opportunity to shape and define popular products around the world, such as fountain pens (he notes ink colours would have been different, the shape altered etc.). Yet curiously neither the guests nor the owner seem to realize this. Fashion isn’t something I know much about, but it’s all about the aesthetics, yes? I do not ask that this be done everywhere, but perhaps we may be allowed at least one mansion where we can turn off the electric lights and see what it is like without them. As I have said there are certain prerequisites: a degree of dimness, absolute cleanliness, and quiet so complete one can hear the hum of a mosquito. Every time I am shown to an old, dimly lit, and, I would add, impeccably clean toilet in a Nara or Kyoto temple, I am impressed with the singular virtues of Japanese architecture. Artisans of old, when they finished their works in lacquer and decorated them in sparkling patterns, must surely have had in mind dark rooms and sought to turn to good effect what feeble light there was. In Praise of Shadows is a book about the aesthetics and beauty in the shadows of Japan. The very thought annoys me. Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. If the lacquer is taken away, much of the spell disappears from the dream world built by that strange light of candle and lamp, that wavering light beating the pulse of the night. This is where In Praise of Shadows stands out, as it raises awareness of modern sensibilities and how our lives could be going wayward. A dark bathroom, for example, evokes feelings of peace and quiet. Lacquerware, if you’re a bit unsure, are decorative objects coated in lacquer. In a memorable passage Tanizaki focuses on a room he describes as having the potential for architecturally “vexatious problems” to arise: the toilet. In Praise of Shadows Junichiro Tanizaki First published in Japanese 1933. English translation, Leete's Island Books 1977 . No matter what complaints we may have, Japan has chosen to follow the West, and there is nothing for her to do but move bravely ahead and leave us old ones behind. It’s an examination of how eventide can send shadows dancing from objects in your home, how architecture can help you find peace of mind, and why the humble toilet is up for such reverence. And surely there could be no better place to savour this pleasure than a Japanese toilet where, surrounded by tranquil walls and finely grained wood, one looks upon blue skies and green leaves. The cloudly translucence, like that of jade; the faint, dreamlike glow that suffuses it, as if it had drunk into its very depths the light of the sun; the complexity and profundity of the colour – nothing of the sort is to be found in Western candies. 1 likes. He goes on to discuss Japanese paper and, how in China (where primitive forms first materialised) and Japan, it’s created in a way that takes in the light. Creature comforts, as it were, which still differ enormously between the East and the West. How simple and insignificant cream-filled chocolates seem by comparison. Natsume Sōseki, in Pillow of Grass, praises the colour of the confection yōkan; it is not indeed a colour to call forth meditation? Many thanks to both of you! Turn some of them off and in no time at all the room is refreshingly cool. Of course, he’s also fully aware of the stuff I’ve mentioned above. In Praise of Shadows is a beautifully written essay full of insight into a cultural heavyweight during the Taisho and Showa eras. So benumbed are we nowadays by electric lights that we have become utterly insensitive to the evils of excessive illumination … When the lights are turned on in summer even before dark it is a waste, and worse than the waste is the heat. From candle to oil lamp, oil lamp to gaslight, gaslight to electric light – his [the West’s] quest for a brighter light never ceases, he spares no pains to eradicate even the minutest shadow. 71. We do our walls in neutral colours so that the sad, fragile, dying rays can sink into absolute repose. This stuff has been around for a long time, with artifacts dug up from prehistoric China boasting the protective lacquer casing. ( Log Out / The changes that have taken place since the Restoration of 1867 must be at least great as those of the preceding three and a half centuries. In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration. Its florid patterns recede into the darkness, conjuring in their stead an inexpressible aura of depth and mystery, of overtones but partly suggested. In the toilet somewhat more vexatious problems arise. No words can describe that sensation as one sits in the dim light, basking in the faint glow reflected from the shoji, lost in meditation or gazing out at the garden. Yet of this I am convinced, that the conveniences of modern culture cater exclusively to youth, and that the times grow increasingly inconsiderate of old people. I’m sure Tanizaki would have been aghast at life in 2018; laptops, smartphones, HD televisions, video games consoles – they all beam around us 24/7 and it’s already well known amongst medical professionals they play havoc with our sleep patterns (along with many other issues). Darkness is an indispensable element of the beauty of lacquerware. In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃, In'ei Raisan) is an essay on Japanese aesthetics by the Japanese author and novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. In my Book of Tea review, there’s a brief history of how Japan, after centuries isolated from the rest of the world, rapidly went about its modernisation. It was so enlightening. As I was saying earlier, In Praise of Shadows is Tanizaki's effort to explain Japanese Aesthetics by contrasting it with the West. An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country's greatest novelists. As if questioning us Westerners to raise our game and get into the spirit of the moment, he asks us: Have not you yourselves sensed a difference in the light that suffuses such a room, a rare tranquility not found in ordinary light? In England, a reserved and awkward country where many citizens still cling to traditional virtues (sickening politeness, respect for privacy etc. There were voices of discontent about all the changes Tanizaki was seeing during his era, as we have no whenever another piece of land is obliterated for a housing complex or an airport. Why bother pulling it apart or theorizing about it? He has interesting views of beauty and shadows that I have never thought of before. Wherever you live, whether it’s a house, flat, bungalow, or houseboat, you’ll do your thing to make yourself feel at home. Compared to Westerners, who regard the toilet as utterly unclean and avoid even the mention of it in polite conversation, we are far more sensible and certainly in better taste. Like Tanizaki says, “But again I am grumbling.”. June 27, 2016 I got this books for a college class and found myself learning a lot more than I had expected. Before reading this book, it is good to know that Tanizaki jumps around a lot in his ideas. I am upset by it wherever I go in the summer. Can we have just a little less of the shiny and bright? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Tanizaki, naturally, has an opinion on this. Ceramics are heavy and cold to the touch; they clatter and clink, and being efficient conductors of heat are not the best containers for hot foods. A new translation by Gregory Starr was published in December 2017. There’s still that element of minimalism with Japanese people, but it’s definitely a more open and gregarious nation these days. Here, I suspect, is where haiku poets over the ages have come by a great many of their ideas. Over in the West, we’ve become accustomed to some women baring all – whether in Hollywood or the music industry, it appears the less you wear the more confident and outgoing you’ll appear. I was once invited to a tea ceremony where miso was served; and when I saw the muddy, claylike colour, quiet in a black lacquer bowl beneath the faint light of a candle, this soup that I usually take without a second thought seemed somehow to acquire a real depth, and to become infinitely more appetising as well. First published in Japan in 1933, it took until 1977 for it to be “discovered” and translated into English by a couple of Japan scholars—who else was paying attention to such things? “A Japanese room might be likened to an inkwash painting,” he says. Our cooking depends upon shadows and is inseparable from darkness. ( Log Out / Nowadays they make even a white lacquer, but the lacquerware of the past was finished in black, brown, or red, colours built up of countless layers of darkness, the inevitable product of the darkness in which life was lived. I thought I would give it a try even though Japanese design was not something I had ever been interested in. Tanizaki confirms the parallels right here, otherwise these two posts wouldn’t have worked so well together, huh? In the essay, In Praise of Shadows, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki takes this modern ideology and contrasts it with traditional Japanese beliefs and how this affects views on beauty and aesthetics. It is also a scathing critique of Japan itself finding it difficult to adapt its culture to modernity. As Tanizaki says, this misguided outlook: Betrays a failure to comprehend the mystery of shadows. This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. However, it’s more important than ever, given our hectic 24/7 lives, to be aware of mindfulness. And I realised then that only in dim half-light is the true beauty of Japanese lacquerware revealed. ‘Out of our way, old people,’ we say, and they have no recourse but to shrink back into their houses, to make whatever tidbits they can for themselves, and to enjoy their evening sake as best they can to the accompaniment of the radio. In Praise of Shadows is as much of a gentle nod towards Eastern aesthetics as it is a castigation of Western ones. He has left reminders & remainders of beauty through tranquility, simplicity, modesty and the use of shadows. It’s interesting to note that western modernity was greatly influenced by threads of culture coming from the “East”, as it were. For one, Tanizaki has a cutting sense of humor. In England, the toilet is where most people have a horror story of a time just using one at work, knowing full well colleagues could stumble in at any moment. Remove the lid from a ceramic bowl, and there lies the soup, every nuance of its substance and colour revealed. “The parlor may have its charms, but the Japanese toilet truly is a place of spiritual repose.” It is also, in a broader sense, a cunning critique of western norms and technology that had been flooding into Japan since the mid-19th century, the culmination being two atom bombs and an American occupation under General MacArthur. However brief your stay (as little as six months, for myself, recently), you come to love your personal space, feel at ease, and appreciate this basic human need. Take, for example, this passage on paper: “Paper, I understand was invented by the Chinese; but Western paper is to us no more than something to be used, while the texture of Chinese paper and Japanese paper gives us a certain feeling of warmth, of calm and repose.” He continues, “Western paper turns away the light, while our paper seems to take it in, to envelop it gently, like the soft surface of a first snowfall.”. In Praise of Shadows is an essay on Japanese aesthetics written by the author and novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. Living in these old houses among these old objects is in some mysterious way a source of peace and repose. He then drops one of my all-time favourite literary quotes, which everyone should bandy about as a personal epiphany of some form. Either that or it’s just chronic narcissism and the desire for self-gratification. Were the shadows to be banished from its corners, the alcove would in that instant revert to mere void. You can only imagine his consternation at the state of affairs these days. Matter, light and shadows are their tools to create meaningful spaces and they explore what contemporary architecture can learn from traditional uses of materials. Despite his grumbling, he acknowledges: “I am aware of and most grateful for the benefits of the age.”. Ultimately it is the magic of shadows. Learn how your comment data is processed. The fact that we did not use glass, concrete, and bricks, for instance, made a low roof necessary to keep off the driving wind and rain. The difference between living in Manchester, for instance, and then taking a trip into the country for the evening is remarkable. As I watched his hands, I would occasionally glance down at my own hands resting on my knees. S changed in Japan in recent years the pace of progress has haunting. Ordinary hands truly is a castigation of Western power and efficiency would have on Western. 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