The Guardian: Rereadings: AC Grayling on In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
Rereadings: AC Grayling on a fine study of Japanese aesthetics In Praise of Shadows Junichiro Tanizaki First published in Japanese 1933. English translation, Leete's Island Books 1977 In his ...
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki was a prominent figure in Japanese literature, known for his exploration of traditional themes and the complexities of human desire. His diverse body of work includes novels ...
Jun’ichir Tanizaki’s literary oeuvre is a mesmerizing exploration of the human condition, brilliantly dissecting the complex nature of love and desire. His narratives, often steeped in ...
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, one of the most prominent Japanese authors of the twentieth century, is renowned for his profound engagement with themes of human desire and the complex interplay between ...
Naomi is a 1925 novel by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki about a man named Joji who embarks on a tumultuous relationship with a young woman named Naomi. Joji, twenty-eight, meets fifteen-year-old Naomi ...
Tanizaki, Jun'ichirō 1886–1965 A Japanese novelist, short story writer, and dramatist, Tanizaki wrote in a detached, analytical style about sexual obsession and perversion. While often morbid ...
SOURCE: "Tanizaki Jun'ichirō," in Dawn to the West, Japanese Literature of the Modern Era: Fiction, Vol. I, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984, pp. 720-85. Tanizaki's earliest writings, mainly ...
SOURCE: "Three Modern Novelists: Tanizaki Junichirō," in Landscapes and Portraits: Appreciations of Japanese Culture, Kodansha International Ltd., 1971, pp. 171-85. [Keene is an American educator ...
SOURCE: 'Tanizaki Junichirō's Historical Fiction," in Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, Vol. 8, No. 1, November, 1972, pp. 34-44. It is clear that in his early years Tanizaki ...