Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 312
with tops shapedlike a mushroom, these generallystanding on three or four legs;tall, slender ones ; and a third formcomposed of a number of sectionspiled up to a considerable height,looking like a pagoda, which, forall I know, they may be made toimitate. These stone lanterns are called islii-doro.… … Fig. 266. ■ ISHI-DORO IN ShIRAKO,MUSASUI. 278 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. caused to be bviilt stone lanterns to illuminate the roads, —stone being a more enduring material. In a temple built by Prince Shotoko, in the second year ofSuiko (594 A. D.), the first islii-doro is saidto have…
Architecture, Japanese
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