In Praise of Shadows - Junichiro Tanizaki Painting So there's more space

So there's more space

Discovering her talent in Prague in the ceramic studios at the Academy of Arts

and encouraging the subjectivity of the listener to play an active part

their love to play music together and their dedication to push the traditions forward

In Praise of Shadows - Junichiro Tanizaki Painting So there's more spaceThis is an essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. The text ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings, as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure. The essay forms a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors and the dazzling light of the modern