Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 294
k it is sometimes arranged to jangle a bell, or to rattle anumber of pieces of iron hung by a string, as a warning tothe servant within. Sometimes this supplementary openinghas a swinging instead of a sliding door; in this case a curi-ous rattle is arranged by tying a number of short segments… … Fig. 244. — Gate-eattle. A number of curious ways are devised to lock the littlesliding door in the gateway, one of which is here figured (fig.245.) To the left of the drawing a portion of the door is shown.A piece hanging from a panel inthe gate is held against the edge ofthe door by a sliding…
Architecture, Japanese
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