#Junichirō Tanizaki

[theshatterednotes]

Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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[contremineur]

How, in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. But I see why in ancient times statues of the Buddha were gilt with gold and why gold leaf covered the walls of the homes of the nobility. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold; but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value; for gold, in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Their use of gold leaf and gold dust was not mere extravagance. Its reflective properties were put to use as a source of illumination.

Junichirō Tanizaki, from In praise of shadows (Leete’s Island 1977)

read it here

#junichirō tanizaki #in praise of shadows

[izurat]

we find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the lights and the darkness, that one thing against another creates. a phosphorescent jewel gives its glow and colour in the dark and loses its beauty in the light of day. were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty. why should this propensity to seek beauty in darkness be so strong only in Orientals? the west too has known a time when there was no electricity, gas, or petroleum, and yet so far as I know the west has never been disposed to delight in shadows. this is true of our household implements: we prefer colours compounded of darkness, they prefer the colours of sunlight. and of silver and copperware. we fill our gardens with dense plantings, they spread out a flat expanse of glass. but what produces such difference in taste? in opinion it is this: we Orientals tend to seek out satisfaction in whatever surroundings we happen to find ourselves, to content ourselves with things as they are and so darkness causes us no discontent, we resign ourselves to it as inevitable. if light is scarce, then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty. But the progressive Westerner is determined always to better his lot. From candle to oil lamp, oil lamp to gaslight, gaslight to electric light—his quest for a brighter light never ceases, he spares no pains to eradicate even the minutest shadow.

― Junichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

#qu #Junichirō Tanizaki #In Praise of Shadows

[prasiddhibirb]

˜”°•How bsd characters would look after your drink(s)˜”°• ♥

-> just holds it normally and awaits for your to return

Fukuzawa, Kunikida, Junichirō Tanizaki, Kenji, Kirako, Higuchi, Hirotsu, Tachihara, Mori, Kōyō, Lucy, Fyodor, Fukuchi, Saigiku Jōno, Teruko.

->just stands there holding your drink awkwardly

Atsushi,Junichirō Tanizaki, Kyōka, Katai Tayama, Akutagawa, Gin, Oda, Poe, Fyodor, Sigma, Saigiku Jōno, Tetchō Suehiro, Ango.

->Occasionally takes a sip or two

Ranpo, Chūya, Motojirō Kajī, Tachihara, Oda, Yumeno, Fukuchi, Tetchō Suehiro

->Mf drinks (or tries to drink) the whole thing before you can get back

Dazai, Ranpo, Motojirō Kajī, Nikolai, Tetchō Suehiro.

->Accidentally spills your drink/a bit of your drink

Atsushi, Kenji, Gin, Yumeno, Motojirō Kajī, Nikolai, Sigma, Tetchō Suehiro.

->Can’t hold your drink

Bram.

(っ◔◡◔)っ credits to > @hisredhysteria

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[nevsky]

I am happy to have free time this week, so I will progress through The Tale of Genji, and a few other books. A short book of Epictetus and probably through Junichirō Tanizaki’s ‘The Makioka Sisters.’ I have much to read, if I have the time, possibly Kierkegaard or Arabian Nights. I have a copy of a book on the art of Japonisme, from my friend. I’ll finish a few short stories and Shakespeare plays I had gotten for less than RM10.

[animakemecry]

#I can only add 10 answers so lmk if you want a part two #bungo stray dogs #bsd #polls #poll #tumblr polls #anime #anime polls

[yougetsu]

Hi c: i read that you are into japanese literature, can you recommend some books or authors? hope you have a great 2023 <33

oh mmm, tbh I started with books that caught my attention. I'll share some names:

Yoko Ogawa, Banana Yoshimoto, Kōbō Abe, Junichirō Tanizaki, Masasumi Kakizani, Ryū Murakami, Jūza Unno, Mitsuhashi Takajo, Natsume Sōseki, Yasunari Kawabata, Osamu Dazai, Mieko Kawakami, Yuko Tsushima, Murasaki Shikibu.

Idk your preferences but among those authors you can find horror, haiku, erotism, science fiction, dystopia, existentialism, stories involving cats, surreal fiction, short stories, manga, etc. Maybe, you could google them and see what it fits with your interests.

I'm sure there are some missing, but If I remember I'll add them. Hope it helps <3

#anon #japanese literature

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Tokyo: largest and most populous city on earth.  The city of Tokyo (the world's largest) proper has roughly the same number of people as the entire country of Hungary. The Tokyo metro area has roughly the same number of people as the entire country of Canada. [Planet Earth]

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“It's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the secret one, which is never known to anyone except to himself alone, hidden only God knows where.” ― James Clavell, Shōgun

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“We Orientals tend to seek our satisfactions in whatever surroundings we happen to find ourselves, to content ourselves with things as they are; and so darkness causes us no discontent, we resign ourselves to it as inevitable. If light is scarce, then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty. But the progressive Westerner is determined always to better his lot. From candle to oil lamp, oil lamp to gaslight, gaslight to electric light—his quest for a brighter light never ceases, he spares no pains to eradicate even the minutest shadow.” ― Junichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

#Japan #Tokyo #people #Junichiro Tanizaki #James Clavell #city #quotes #from above

[noctambulatebooks]

Reading 2023

5-January-2023: Tanizaki, Junichirō, The Maids (1963, Japan)

13-January-2023: Tevis, Walter, Mockingbird (1980, USA)

22-January-2023: Snyder, Michael, James Purdy: Life of a Contrarian Writer (2022, USA)

29-January-2023: Pressburger, Emeric, The Glass Pearls (1966, England)

31-January-2023: Mac Orlan, Pierre, A Handbook for the Perfect Adventurer (1951, France)

5-February-2023: Runciman, Steven, The First Crusade (Vol I: A History of the Crusades) (1951, England)

11-February-2023: Babitz, Eve, I Used to be Charming (1975-1997, USA)

15-February-2023: Indiana, Gary, Rent Boy (1994, USA)

26-February-2023: Zola, Émile, The Sin of Abbé Mouret (1875, France)

2-March-2023: Bennett, Alice, Alarm (Object Lessons), (2023, USA)

9-March-2023: Wyndham, John, The Kraken Wakes (1953. England)

17-March-2023: Manchette, Jean-Patrick, The Prone Gunman (1981, France)

17-March-2023: Shawn, Wallace, Night Thoughts: An Essay (2017, USA)

19-March-2023: Runciman, Steven, The Kingdom of Jerusalem (Vol II: A History of the Crusades) (1953, England)

26-March-2023: Carr, David, Final Draft: The Collected Work of David Carr (2020, USA)

5-April-2023: Manzoni, Alessandro, The Betrothed (1840, Italy)

10-April-2023: Childs, Craig, Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession (2010, USA)

16-April-2023: Butler. Octavia, Kindred (1979, USA)

22-April-2023: Liming, Sheila, Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time (2023, USA)

24-April-2023: Manchette, Jean-Patrick, Three to Kill (1976, France)

30-April-2023: Keefe, Patrick Radden, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (2021, USA)

7-May-2023: Le Carré, John, Agent Running in the Field (2019, England)

10-May-2023: Dederer, Claire, Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma (2023, USA)

13-May-2023: Mortimer, Penelope, Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting (1956, England)

26-May-2023: Morrison, Toni, Beloved (1987, USA)

30-May-2023: McCarthy, Cormac, The Passenger (2022, USA)

1-June-2023: Lewis, Herbert Clyde, Gentleman Overboard (1937, USA)

6-June-2023: Miéville, China, Embassytown (2011, England)

10-June-2023: McCarthy, Cormac, Stella Maris (2022, USA)

16-June-2023: Ambler, Eric, The Light of Day (1962, England)

23-June-2023: Ambler, Eric, Dirty Story (1967, England)

25-June-2023: Runciman, Steven, The Kingdom of Acre (Volume III, A History of the Crusades) (1954, England)

27-June-2023: Hartley, L.P., The Harness Room (1971, England)

4-July-2023: Motley, Willard, Knock on Any Door (1947, USA)

8-July-2023: Duras, Marguerite, The North China Lover (1991. France)

10-July-2023: Carr, J. L., A Month in the Country (1980, England)

14-July-2023: Thoreau, Henry David, Cape Cod (1865, USA)

18-July-2023: Modiano, Patrick, Missing Person (1978, France)

22-July-2023: Prime-Stevenson, Edward, Left to Themselves: The Ordeal of Philip and Gerald (1891, USA)

24-July-2023: Shakespeare, William, King Lear (1606, England)

6-August-2023: Whitehead, Colson, Crook Manifesto (2013, USA)

11-August-2023: Hampson, John, Last Night at the Greyhound (1931, England)

16-August-2023: Wyndham, John, The Midwich Cuckoos (1957, England)

19-August-2023: Ballard, J. G., The Drought (1965, England)

22-August-2023: Hines, Barry, A Kestrel for a Knave (1968, England)

31-August-2023: McPherson, William, Testing the Current (1984, USA)

10-September-2023: Pamuk, Orhan, Nights of Plague (2021, Turkey)

17-September-2023: Thoreau, Henry David, The Maine Woods (1864, USA)

20-September-2023: Thoreau, Henry David, A Plea for Captain John Brown (and other essays on abolition) (1859, USA)

24-September-2023: Kirino, Natsuo Real Life (2006, Japan)

30-September-2023: Renouard, Maël, Fragments of an Infinite Memory: My Life with the Internet (2016, France)

7-October-2023: Hamilton, Patrick, The Midnight Bell (1929, England)

12-October-2023: Hamilton, Patrick, The Siege of Pleasure (1932, England)

15-October-2023: Hamilton, Patrick, The Plains of Cement (1934, England)

21-October-2023: Kayama, Shigeru, Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again (1955, Japan)

25-October-2023: Malcolm, Janet, Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory (2023, USA)

30-October-2023: Vonnegut, Kurt, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969, USA)

5-November-2023: Warner, Sylvia Townsend, Lolly Willowes (1926, England)

26-November-2023: Ainsworth, William Harrison, The Lancashire Witches (1848, England)

2-December-2023: Ginzburg, Carlo, Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath (1989, Italy)

10-December-2023: Baum, Vicki, Grand Hotel (1929, Germany)

16-December-2023: Sinykin, Dan, Big Fiction: How Conglomerates Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature (2023, USA)

24-December-2023: Warner, Sylvia Townsend, T.H. White: A Biography (1967, England)

29-December-2023: Undset, Sigrid, Olav Audunssøn, Vol 4: Winter (1927, Norway)

[indiaartndesign]

Crafting Shadows into Architectural Folly| Chris Briffa Architects

Chris Briffa Architects reinterpret Junichirō Tanizaki’s famed essay, In Praise of Shadows to transform this seaside holiday home in Gozo Island into a mesmerizing narrative of Japanese austerity, anchored by a nuanced interplay of light and shadow. https://www.indiaartndesign.com/crafting-shadows-into-architectural-folly-chris-briffa-architects/

#ResidentialInteriorDesign #Art #Lifestyle #Luxury #InteriorArchitecture #naturallight #indiaartndesign

[sweetdeathx]

Bueno, aqui os muestro el resultado del redraw de esta versión de mi OC Victor, la versión de #bungoustraydogs

En esta versión el viste como Tachibara (el de la port mafia q es el único q me gusta de ahi) y tiene el poder de Lucy Maud, pero con otro ser dentro del habitáculo. Es verdad q el poder de Lucy no es mi favorito aunq ella si me agrade muchísimo, y reconozco q aunq mi favorito de todos es Junichirō Tanizaki, no puse nada relacionado con el ni de su poder. Y aun los dos poderes q mas me gustan son la nieve tenue y el control del metal, tampoco le asigné dichos poderes, porque creo q el poder de Lucy es mas adecuado para el, asi q simplemente ignoré mis gustos dentro de este increíble anime e hice esta ilustración con lo q creia q era correcto y mejor para mi OC si existiera en el anime 🤙🏻✨ Bueno también q decir q me gustan mucho personajes mas, por ejemplo todos los del grupo principal menos el prota y Dazai XD y de la port mafia ya dije quien es mi favorito.

Cual o cuáles son vuestros favoritos?

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Su poder consiste en una habitación donde tiene todo control dentro de ella donde puede encerrar al resto como objetivo principal. Es una especie de habitación en otra dimensión, con la condición de q cuando entre a la habitación al volver estará en el mismo sitio donde se teletransporto. Dentro también hay un ser demoniaco q puede controlar él. Este lo considera su amigo

• Extra: Por ejemplo podria matar a alguien dentro con su "amigo" y sacarlos fuera ya muertos, por eso el resto creen q su poder consiste en algo relacionado con la teletransportacion o con mandarlo a un vacio donde obviamente es fácil morir aplastado por las fuerzas de alli.

El monstruo q manipula dentro de su mundo lleva siempre una guadaña, haciendo referencia a la muerte. Este nunca podrá salir de ese mundo

#bungoustraydogs #bsd #bungoustraydogsanime #bungoustraydogsoc #mystyle #animedrawings #digitalart #illustration #bungoustraydogscosplay #bungoustraydogsfanart #fanart #fanartoc #artoftheday🎨 #art #draw #drawing #painting #oc #artwork #originalcharacter #characterart #artist #bungoustraydogsseason5 #bsdchapter88 #bsdchapter101

#anime #anime and manga #anime drawings #anime fanart #characterart #manga art #manga #my style #manga edit #webtoon #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs fanart #bungou gay dogs #bsd fanart #bstock #bsts #arte #artwork #oc artist #oc artwork #my oc art #ocs #my ocs #oc art #oc

[matchamatea]

“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.”

Tanizaki Junichirō

#quote #beautiful quote #beige aesthetic #aesthetics #matchamatea #quoteoftheday #japan

[beholdingslut]

“How, in [such dark places], gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me.”

Junichirō Tanizaki

#quote #Junichirō Tanizaki #oh. you know. #sankta alina

[they-stare-i-ship]

i love these people so much 

#kunikida doppo #akiko yosano #junichirō tanizaki #kenji miyazawa #Yukichi Fukuzawa #Kyōka Izumi #Ichiyo Higuchi #Ōgai Mori #Gin Akutagawa #Kōyō Ozaki #bsd season 3 #bsd s3 #bungou stray dogs

[zerochan98]

Bungou Stray Dogs!🔫

#bungou stray dogs #atsushi nakajima #osamu dazai #doppo kunikida #junichirō tanizaki #ranpo edogawa #kenji miyazawa #akiko yosano #akutagawa ryūnosuke #anime #manga #detective anime #detective #hot anime guys

[nevsky]

Will start Junichirō Tanizaki’s ‘Diary of a Mad Old Man’ today, but I know nothing of Tanizaki, except that he was sort of weird. There is something particular about mad men, that even Gogol wrote of them.

#tanizaki.