Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 316
lar window, and in the other a long, narrow openingabove; and crowning the whole was a heavily-thatched roof,its peak capped by an inverted earthen basin. Whether thebasin was made expressly for this purpose or not, its wann redcolor added a pleasing effect to the gray of the thatch. Infront and… … Fig. 271.- ■ Summer-house in Private Gar-den, Tokio. 282 JAPANESE HOMES AXD THEIR SURROUNDINGS. Fig. 272 is the sketch of a summer-house in one of the im-perial gardens in Tokio. The frame, as in the one last figured,consisted of round sticks with the bark retained; this was cappedwith a thatched…
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