A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 377
GOJU-TO, OR FIVE-STORIED PAGODA OF THE MONASTERY OF HORIU.II, NEAR NARA.THE WORK OF KOREAN ARCHITECTS; LATTER PART OF OTH CENTURY, A.D. Covered gallery of the lower story is modern; also the grotesque figures supporting the fifth roof. This andthe following text illustrations are scale drawings by… … SECTION OF PAGODA AT HORIUJI. Showing siibtilty of proportions, and relation between lieiglits of stories and projections of roofs; also theelaborate but powerful construction. The central mast is found in all Japanese pagodas. 629 630 JAPAN umns is 6 diameters. The fiiiislieil interior isonly 23…
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