Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 275
, I noticed a shelf-rack above the fusuma, designed for holding the family lanterns(fig. 224). It may as well be stated here, — a fact which is prob- 240 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. ably well known to most of our readers,— that the Japanesealmost invariably carry lighted lanterns when… … Tig. 224. — Lantern-shelf in Hall. design. So persistent is this habit of carrying lanterns, that onbright moonlight nights the lantern is brought into requisition ;and nothing strikes a foreigner as so ludicrous as the sightof a number of firemen on the top of a burning building,holding lighted…
Architecture, Japanese
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