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Stefano Mirtis
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Such is our way of thinkingwe find beauty not in
the in the thing itself but in the patterns of
shadows, the light and the darkness, the one thing
against another creates.
~ Junichir Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows
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Andreas Schneider, Internal
Refurbishing of His House
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"As I have said there are certain prerequisites:
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a degree of dimness, absolute cleanliness, and a
quiet so complete one can hear the hum of a
mosquito. I love to listen from such a toilet to the
sound of softly falling rain, especially if it is a
toilet of the Kant region, with its long, narrow
windows at the floor level; there one can listen
with such a sense of intimacy to the raindrops
falling from the eaves as they wash over the base
of a stone lantern and freshen the moss about the
stepping stones. And the toilet is the perfect place
to listen to the chirping of insects or the song of
the birds, to view the moon, or to enjoy any of
those poignant moments that mark the change of
the seasons. Here, I suspect, is where haiku poets
over the ages have come by a great many of their
ideas"
(Junichir Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows)
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"And so it has come to be that the beauty of
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a Japanese room depends on the variation of
shadows, heavy shadows against light shadowsit
has nothing else. Westerners are amazed at the
simplicity of Japanese rooms, perceiving in them
no more than ashen walls bereft of ornament.
Their reaction is understandable, but it betrays a
failure to comprehend the mystery of shadows.
Out beyond the sitting room, which the rays of the
sun at best can but barely reach, we extend the
eaves or build a veranda, putting the sunlight at
still greater a remove. The light from the garden
steals in but dimly through paper-paneled doors,
and it is precisely this indirect light that makes for
us the charm of the room. We do our walls in
neutral colors so that the sad, fragile, dying rays
can sink into absolute repose. The storehouse,
kitchen, hallways, and such may have a glossy
finish, but the walls of the sitting room will almost
always be of clay textured with fine sand. A luster
here would destroy the soft fragile beauty of the
feeble light. We delight in the mere sight of the
delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface
of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life
remains to them. We never tire of the sight, for to
us this pale glow and these dim shadows far
surpass any ornament"
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"We have all had the experience, on a visit to one
of the great temples of Kyoto or Nara, of being
shown a scroll, one of the temples treasures,
hanging in a large, deeply recessed alcove. So darkare these alcoves, even in bright daylight, that we
can hardly discern the outlines of the work; all we
can do is listen to the explanation of the guide,
follow as best we can the all-but-invisible brush
strokes, and tell ourselves how magnificent apainting it must be. Yet the combination of that
blurred old painting and the dark alcove is one of
absolute harmony. The lack of clarity, far from
disturbing us, seems rather to suit the painting
perfectly. For the painting here is nothing morethan another delicate surface upon which the
faint, frail light can play; it performs precisely the
same function as the sand-textured wall. This is
why we attach such importance to age and patina.
A new painting,
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even one done in ink monochrome or sublte
pastels, can quite destroy the shadows of an
alcove, unless it is selected with the greatest care"
(Junichir Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows)
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In the N only the merest fraction of the actors
flesh is visiblethe neck, the face, the handsand
when a mask is worn, as for the role of Yang Kuei-
fei, even the face is hidden; and so what littleflesh can be seen creates a singularly strong
impression.
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-view of the cemetery on the south side
(or: the cemetery as a neighbour)-
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-entrance-
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-outside view of the house-
"Mrs. Tanizaki tells a story of when her late
husband decided, as he frequently did, to build anew house. The architect arrived and announced
with pride, Ive read your In Praise of Shadows,
Mr. Tanazaki, and know exactly what you want.
To which Tanizaki replied, But no, I could never
live in a house like that. There is perhaps asmuch resignation as humor in that answer"
Thomas J. Harper, one of the translators of: In
Praise of Shadows by Junichir Tanizaki.