We Orientals create beauty by generating shadows in places that are nothing special.
美は物の影にある。
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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Tanizaki Junichiro (1886-1965) was a Japanese novelist celebrated for his exploration of sexuality, beauty, and the tension between Western modernization and Japanese tradition. His masterwork 'The Makioka Sisters' chronicles an Osaka merchant family's decline, while 'In Praise of Shadows' remains the essential essay on Japanese aesthetics.
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