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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1895)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 314

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1895, leaf 314
y. The ingenious device of displacing the stoneslaterally (fig. 268), or of combining the bridge with stepping-stones, as seen in some of them, is decidedly unique. This legend is from a w<irk entitled Chikusan Teizodon. BRIDGES. — SU3IMER-H0USES. 279 Fig. 269 illustrates a stone bridge in one… … Fig. 2C9. — Stone Foot-bkidge. Here the foot-bridge consists of an unwrought slab of rock.The ishi-doro showing in the same sketch consists of a numberof naturally-worn stones, except the lantern portion, which hasbeen cut out.

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