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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1895)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 183

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1895, leaf 183
ncense burner, a fragment of quartz, orother object, these being often supported by a lacquer stand.In the chigai-dana convenient shelves and closets are arrangedin a variety of ways, to be used for a variety of purposes. The arrangement of the cross-ties in relation to the tokonomaand shoji is… … Fig. 129. — Corner of Guest-koom. TEA-ROOMS. 149 In houses of two stories greater latitude is shown in thearrangement of these recesses. They may come opposite thebalcony, and the chigai-dana may have in its back wall anopening either circular, crescent-shaped, or of some other form,from which a…

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