Orientalism In The Works Of Junichiro Tanizaki

Junichiro Tanizaki(1886-1965),as a representative of the sectarians in the history of modern and contemporary Japanese literature,spanned three periods of Meiji,Taisho and Showa for more than half a century.He has created a large number of short stories,plays,essays and so on.Japan's new romantic founder,In the aesthetic world built by Tanizaki Ichiro,the most attractive thing for readers is the “oriental taste” that can be seen everywhere in the works.The appearance of “Oriental Interests” in Tanizaki Junichiro's works is related to his personal growth environment and personal hobbies,and at the same time is inseparable from the social thoughts of Japanese society that “de-Asian into Europe”.From the perspective of the West,Japan belongs to the non-Western world both geographically and culturally.Naturally,it belongs to the object and is the observed party.However,since modern Japan chose the path of being among the ranks of the imperialist powers,the whole country The West is respectful and takes the West as an example.Therefore,Japan has also taken in the view of the Western society from the perspective of the East,and placed itself in the main body of Orientalism,which is also the side of the observer.In this social trend,the words of "Orientalism" are inevitably appearing in the creation of Taniaki.In Takizaki's works,whether it is India,North Korea or China,although their geographical and climatic differences are different,the cultural landscape is also different,but they can all be classified into a kind of country full of mystery and fantasy.In Japan,which was hit by modernization,Taniaki began to build a long fantasy city in pursuit of pure beauty.The long history of modernization is not as good as Japan's India,North Korea and China are in line with his requirements.Junichiro Tanizaki has never been to India in his life,but he has also created three works related to India based on his friends' retelling.The only two overseas travel destinations he had in his life were China.The first trip to China took North Korea into China and created a series of works with Chinese tastes.After the second trip to China,Tanizaki,who was forced to recognize the reality of China,had to give up building his fantasy China.In addition to the two documentary literatures,Tanizaki no longer created works about Chinese tastes.But this did not hinder the exploration of the taste of the East by Tanizaki Junichiro.With the settlement in Kansai,Tanazaki,who is obsessed with the traditional Japanese beauty of Kansai,turned his interest in China into Kansai.His reconstructed Kansai style world is also an illusion that is built away from the real world of Japan according to the orientalist discourse..This article analyzes his tastes in India,North Korea,China and traditional Japan through the experience and works of Tanizaki Junichiro,and explores the fiction and embarrassment of Tanizaki Junichiro on the oriental traditional world.