Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 333
hisframe; and as one rides through the city or village he will oftennotice this character painted on the side of a house or over adoor-way, indicating that in the rear, or within the house, awell is to be found. A picturesque well-curb of stone, madeafter this form, is shown in fig. 288, from a… … Fig. 288. — Stone Well-curb in Private GardenIN Tokio. WELLS AND WATER-SUPPLY. 299 runs a rope with a bucket attached to each end. Fig. 289 isan illustration of one of these frames. Sometimes the trunkof a tree is made to do service, as shown in fig 290. In thiscase the old trunk was densely…
Architecture, Japanese
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