TANIZAKI Junichiro: Lob der Meisterschaft. Aus dem Japanischen (Geidan; 1933) übersetzt und kommentiert von Eduard Klopfenstein. Mit 9 historischen Fotografien und einer Original-Kalligrafie von Suishu T. Klopfenstein-Arii. Zürich, Manesse Verlag, (2010). 8° (20x13), 136 S., 3 Bl., OPbd mit ill OU, Umschlag mit kleinem Fleckchen, nahezu ungelesen, schönes gepflegtes Exemplar,

Der Essay ist ein Schlüsseltext zum Verständnis der japanischen Kultur. Geistreich beleuchtet er den Unterschied zwischen östlichem Streben nach Meisterschaft und westlichem Kunstverständnis.–

[Lit.Sen’ichi Hisamatsu, Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature (1976/1); 337f]. – TANIZAKI [Jun’ichirô] (1886-1965) His style underwent various changes during this long period of productivity, but throughout he remained essentially a romanticist, a teller of tales, an artist whose basic aim was to transform life through the power of art. Together with his last work ‚Diary of a Mad Old Man‘ (Fûten Rôjin Nikki) the story of ‚The Key‘ gives an idea of Tanizaki’s understandig of human nature. Here sex is depicted as something about which a human being cannot do anythin, in other words, as a sort of karma which inevitably realizes itself. Through his brilliant and unconventional works he was able to break away from the arid realism that dominated Japanese fiction at the time of his appearance on the literary scene, and went on to become the most important exponent of aestheticism in recent years and a figure of unmatched stature and influence.

• Kategorie: Literatur: Asiatische Literatur
• Schlagwörter: Literatur, asiatische; Asian literature · Literatur, japanische; Japanese literature
• Sprache: Deutsch (de)
• ISBN: 978-3-7175-4079-3
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• Bestellnummer: 61026AB P100

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