Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 136
with their deep-set, heavily latticed smoke-windows, and thewarm brown thatch, form a pleasing contrast to the thin-shingledroofs of the poorer neighboring houses. … Fig. 89.—Crest of Thatched Roof in Kioto. Another form of Mikawa roof, very simple and plain instructure, is shown in fig. 90. Here the ridge-roof is coveredwith a continuous sheathing of large bamboos, with rafter-polesat the ends coming through the thatch and projecting beyondthe peak. In the…
Architecture, Japanese
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