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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1895)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 300

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1895, leaf 300
Fig. 250. — Rustic Gateway. GATEWAYS. 265 a staple is arranged to slip over a knob or nail on the (oiliergate. In the i/ashiki, one often sees gates that show evi-dences of disuse, and learns that in former times such gateswere only used on rare occasions by special guests of greatimportance. There… … Fig. 251. — Rustic Gateway. are more substantial. Fig. 25.3 represents a quaint gardengate leading into another garden beyond. Frail and unsub-stantial as this gate appeared, it was nearly forty years old.The house to the right beyond the gate is for the tea-ceremo-nies, and the huge fish seen…

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