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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1895)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 178

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1895, leaf 178
ary man. Above are often suspended a bell and woodenhammer, to call the servants when required. A hanging vaseof flowers is often suspended from the partition above. For TOKONOMA.— CHIGAI-DANA. 143 want of an original sls;etcli showing this recess I have adaptedone from a Japanese book, entitled… … Fig. 124. — Small Guest-room. In Fig. 123 the tokonoma occupies almost the entire sideof the room, the chigai-dana being reduced to an angular cup-board placed in the corner and a small hooded partition hang-ing down from above; the small window near by, with bamboolattice, opened into another room…

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