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There is an essay called In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, about Japanese aesthetics. It contains this passage:
And so it has come to be that the beauty of a Japanese room depends on a variation of shadows, heavy shadows against light shadows—it has nothing else. Westerners are amazed at the simplicity of Japanese rooms, perceiving in them no more than ashen walls bereft of ornament. Their reaction is understandable, but it betrays a failure to comprehend the mystery of shadows.
The author then proceeds to discuss this in more detail.
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