Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 276
ndings inkeeping with the dignity of thisimportant region. The doorways of shops andinns, when they definitely oc-cur, are large square openingsstoutly but neatly barred, —and permanently too, a portionof it being made to roll back.The sill of such an opening issome little distance from the ground,… … Fig. 225 - Grated Entrance, wituSliding Door. The verandah is an essential part of the Japanese house. Theword itself is of Oriental origin, and it is difficult to imagine anOriental house of any pretensions without a verandah of somekind. In the Japanese house it is almost a continuation of…
Architecture, Japanese
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