Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 167
line ofvision. As a general rule the de-signs for the shoji are more simplethan those employed for certainexterior openings which may beregarded as windows, while thosewhich cover the openings betweenthe rooms are most complex andelaborate. Further reference, how-ever, will be made to these in… … Fig. 112. — ShOji with OrnamentalFrame. TOKONOMA. — CHIGAI-DANA. 133 could not be well understood without clearly understandino- tlienature of those objects which form inseparable elements ofevery Japanese room, and which are so unlike anything towliich we are accustomed. Having given these…
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