Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 84
away on their wooden clogs as if the devil were after them. When we started in the jinrikishas the crowd followed along by the sides for some time looking at me with the greatest curiosity and interest. I noticed quite a change in the architecture of the towns through which we passed and a curious… … course, gray with age. We came along at such a rapid rate that I had but little time to sketch, but I noticed all along the way the fine woodwork on the houses. A long bay window over the first story was often of the most delicate woodwork with perforated designs of pine, bamboo, or other motive,…
Japan -- Description and travel · Japan -- Social life and customs
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