Femme Fatale In Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s short story “The Tattooer”, Tanizaki features an ambitious tattoo artist who yearns to create a masterpiece on the skin of his ideal woman. Initially, this woman is anticipated as the one who holds the potential to achieve the status of a twisted goddess. Moreover, the artist’s process of forging his masterpiece on this particular woman acts as a stepping-stone to his imminent demise; she is a lethal double-edged sword. The tattoo, which takes the form of a black
The two short stories "Red Cranes" by Jacey Cho and "The Firefly Hunt" by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki each have two characters, Mie and Sachiko, who each have a deep desire to pursue their dreams. However, despite their similarities, the two authors have different approaches to developing their characters. In “Red Cranes,” the main character, Mie, is very adamant about achieving her dreams. She wishes to see a red crane and climb the mountain of Fujisan. Mie's determination is clear, as shown in the scene
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki uses In Praise of Shadows to relate to the audience by talking about the multitude of differences between traditional Japanese aesthetics and modern western inventions. He shows how these differences affect the past culture, causing it to fade away with the introduction of innovations that are more useful, beneficial, and efficient. There are many aspects of different beliefs on the same idea that the author should be open-minded about. The audience has insights on the author’s
Character’s Attributes In the passages “Red Cranes” by Jacey Choy and “The Friefly Hunt” by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, the authors present two characters that share many characteristics. The authors portray two different characters that come together with the main thought of imagination. Through this imagination, the characters can be seen as very similar. After careful analysis of both passages, the reader can decipher how each attribute of each character can be related back to each other. As stated
this the tattooer desires the pleasure of his art; the tattooer takes much pride in the tattoos that he creates on the flesh of humans and also endures pleasure from putting pain on the empty canvases with his needle. In “The Tattooer” by Tanizaki Jun’ichiro the tattooer desires the pain inflicted on his canvas but then the perfect body is seen and he realizes that he must now tattoo for the beauty of the tattoo and is soon controlled by women. First I’ll start with the story of Junichiro