Pages

56

Format

Paperback

Release date

December 1977

Publisher

Leete's Island Books

Weight

8 oz

Size

5.5 x 0.2 x 8.5 "

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.