La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 208
wo supporting columns. Beyond, the white wall and steps of the temple inclo-sure are crowned with white stone paHngs and a redlacquer wall behind them, and the red lacquer andbronzed-roofed gateway. Here and there gold ghtterson the carvings and on the ends of its many roof-beams.Near it the great… … one of the treasure houses, made of beams with slantingedges; and in the gable under its black eaves two sym-bolic animals, the elephant and the tapir, are carved andpainted gray and white on the gilded wall. At this dis-tance the bands of many-colored ornament make a glim-mering of nameless color.…
Art, Japanese
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