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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1895)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 263

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1895, leaf 263
s supersti-tion among many is attached to the position of the privy in itsrelation to the house, — a trace possibly of the Chinese Fung-shin. The privy generally has two compartments, — the firstone having a wooden or porcelain urinal; the latter form beingcalled asagaowa, as it is supposed, to… … FiG. 217. — Interior of Privy. PHI VIES. 229

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