Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 209
w 174 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. of light and the other of dark cedar, had been cut in theform of mountain contours. These were placed in juxtaposition,and from either side the appearance of two ranges of mountainswas conveyed. Fig. 150 gives a faint idea of the appearanceof this simple… … Fig. 150. — RAiiiiA, composed of two Thin Boards, in Naqoya, Owari. As the room., when closed, receives its lightthrough the slioji,the windows proper — that is, certain openings in permanentpartitions which may be regarded as windows — have in mostcases lost their functional character, and have…
Architecture, Japanese
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