Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 130
t over the ridge at shortintervals, and these are kept in place by long bamboo-stripsor entire bamboos, which run at intervals parallel to the ridge.These are firmly bound down to the thatch. In some casesthese outer bamboos form a continuous layer. The ends ofthe ridge, showing a mass of… … Fig. 82. — B4MB00-RIDGE of Tu.iTcnED Roof in Mus.\shi. most thorough and workman-like manner. It is upon the trun-cate end of this kind of a ridge that the Chinese characterfor water is often seen, allusion to which has already l^eenmade. When there is no window at the end of the roof for theegress…
Architecture, Japanese
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