Back Elogi de l'ombra Catalan Lob des Schattens German Το εγκώμιο της σκιάς Greek El elogio de la sombra Spanish در ستایش سایهها Persian Éloge de l'ombre (Tanizaki) French Libro d'ombra Italian 陰翳礼讃 Japanese Elogio da Sombra Portuguese Похвала тени Russian
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| Author | Jun'ichirō Tanizaki |
|---|---|
| Original title | 陰翳礼讃 (In'ei Raisan) |
| Translator | Thomas J. Harper and Edward G. Seidensticker |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Philosophy |
Publication date | 1933[1] |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 1977[1] |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 73 |
In Praise of Shadows (陰翳礼讃, In'ei Raisan) is a 1933 essay on Japanese aesthetics by the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was translated into English, in 1977, by the academic students of Japanese literature Thomas J. Harper and Edward Seidensticker. A new translation by Gregory Starr was published in 2017.