Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 373
SURROUNDINGS. made up of reeds and rush interwoven with stiffer cross-pieces.Within, there is a single room the dimensions of the house.In most houses there is an L, in which is the doorway, whichmay in some cases be covered with a rude porch. The thatchedroof is well made and quite picturesque,… … Fig. 307. — Aino House, Yezo. Entering the house by the low door, one comes into a room80 dark that it is with difficulty one can see anything. Theinmates light rolls of birch-bark that one may be enabled to seethe interior; but every appearance of neatness and picturesque-ness which the hut…
Architecture, Japanese
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