This author's early essay "A Style Reader" is considered a classic of criticism. Showing the influence of Poe in his first stories, such as "The Tattooer", he soon developed a more traditional style described in his famous essay "In Praise of Shadows", which led to such middle-period novels as "Quicksand" and "Some Prefer Neddles", while an analysis of human sexuality concerns his last two novels, "The Key" and "Diary of 
This author's early essay "A Style Reader" is considered a classic of criticism. Showing the influence of Poe in his first stories, such as "The Tattooer", he soon developed a more traditional style described in his famous essay "In Praise of Shadows", which led to such middle-period novels as "Quicksand" and "Some Prefer Neddles", while an analysis of human sexuality concerns his last two novels, "The Key" and "Diary of a Mad Old Man". Often cited as the best modern Japanese novelist, FTP, who was this author of "The Makioka Sisters"?
This author's early essay "A Style Reader" is considered a classic of criticism.
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki