The above-quoted passage is from The Inland Sea, Donald Richie’s 1971 acclaimed classic. Some parts of it have aged well. The cover photo of this post is a crop of the book’s original(?) cover photography by Yoichi Midorikawa. Buy it here (and forgive Powell’s for listing the author incorrectly as Midorikawa—it’s still a great bookseller).
Edit: I adore the constraint of a single typed sheet—on your behalf it heckles, “okay buddy let’s wrap this up.”