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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature.
Tanizaki Jun’ichirō was a major modern Japanese novelist, whose writing is characterized by eroticism and ironic wit. His earliest short stories, of which “Shisei” (1910; “The Tattooer”) is an example, have affinities with Edgar Allan Poe and the French Decadents.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ( 谷崎 潤一郎) was a Japanese author, and one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki.
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki has 451 books on Goodreads with 277282 ratings. Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s most popular book is In Praise of Shadows.
May 28, 2015 · The 1933 gem In Praise of Shadows ( public library) by Japanese literary titan Junichiro Tanizaki (July 24, 1886–July 30, 1965) belongs to that special order of slim, enormously powerful books that enchant the lay reader with an esoteric subject, leaving a lifelong imprint on the imagination — rare masterpieces like Robin Wall Kimmerer’s love le...
Oct 21, 2021 · THE MAKIOKA SISTERS by Junichiro Tanizaki | Review first published Oct. 13, 1957. Stories of rich or puissant families in decline, stories of the marrying-off of sisters, stories of the...
Tanizaki's carefully constructed fictional worlds expose the reader to exotic, erotic, and nostalgic fantasies, as they simultaneously reveal glimpses of a modernizing Japan. His insights into human psychology both delight and cause alarm.
Naomi (痴人の愛, Chijin no Ai, lit. A Fool's Love) is a novel by Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965). Writing of the novel began in 1924, and from March to June, Osaka's Morning News (大阪朝日新聞, Osaka Asahi Shinbun) published the first several chapters of the serial. Four months later, the periodical Female (女性 ...
In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃, In'ei Raisan) is a 1933 essay on Japanese aesthetics by the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was translated into English, in 1977, by the academic students of Japanese literature Thomas J. Harper and Edward Seidensticker .
Dec 1, 1977 · In Praise of Shadows. Paperback – December 1, 1977. An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings.
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