Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 179
ve; the small window near by, with bamboolattice, opened into another room beyond. A tokonoma of thiskind is available for the display of sets of three or four pic-tures. This room was in the house of a former Daimio. 144 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. Ill the next figure (fig. 124) we have… … Fig. 125. — Gcest-room of Dwelling in Tokio. the upright beam. The post which formed one side of the to-konoma was a rough and irregular-shaped stick. The treat-ment of cutting away a larger portion of it, though hardlyconstructive, yet added a quaint effect to the room; while thecross-beam of the…
Architecture, Japanese
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