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> [“Whenever I see the alcove of a tastefully built Japanese room, I marvel at our comprehension of the secrets of shadows, our sensitive use of shadow and light. For the beauty of the alcove is not the work of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/whenever-i-see-the-alcove-of-a-tastefully-built-japanese-room-i/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

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## More by Junichiro Tanizaki

> [Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/find-beauty-not-only-in-the-thing-itself-but-in-the-pattern-of-the/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [“Whenever I see the alcove of a tastefully built Japanese room, I marvel at our comprehension of the secrets of shadows, our sensitive use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/whenever-i-see-the-alcove-of-a-tastefully-built-japanese-room-i/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [And isn't it better really to leave things only hinted at?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/and-isn-t-it-better-really-to-leave-things-only-hinted-at/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/were-it-not-for-shadows-there-would-be-no-beauty/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an insect, lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/whenever-i-sit-with-a-bowl-of-soup-before-me-listening-to-the-murmur/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [Each worm to his taste; some prefer to eat nettles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/each-worm-to-his-taste-some-prefer-to-eat-nettles/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/for-a-woman-who-lived-in-the-dark-it-was-enough-if-she-had-a-faint/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/there-are-those-who-say-that-when-civilization-progresses-a-bit/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [“It is hard for one who has not had a similar experience to imagine the terror that still gripped Taeko and Mrs. Tamaki and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/it-is-hard-for-one-who-has-not-had-a-similar-experience-to-imagine/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [Yet for better or worse we love things that bear the marks of grime, soot, and weather, and we love the colors and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/yet-for-better-or-worse-we-love-things-that-bear-the-marks-of-grime/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/we-delight-in-the-mere-sight-of-the-delicate-glow-of-fading-rays/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/we-orientals-find-beauty-not-only-in-the-thing-itself-but-in-the/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/the-older-we-get-the-more-we-seem-to-think-that-everything-was-better/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the poems had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/the-ancients-waited-for-cherry-blossoms-grieved-when-they-were-gone/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

> [The heart of mine is only one, it cannot be known by anybody but myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junichiro-tanizaki/the-heart-of-mine-is-only-one-it-cannot-be-known-by-anybody-but-myself/)

[Junichiro Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junichiro-tanizaki/)

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