Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 51
cur-ately fitted (fig. 6). The effect was extremely light and buoyant,though apparently insecure to the last degree; yet this buildinghad not only withstood a number of earthquake shocks, but alsothe strain of severe typhoons, which during the summer monthssweep over Japan with such violence. If… … Fig 6.—Foundation Stone. FRAME-WORK AND FOUNDATION. 17 increase in number through the house, uprights come in the cor-ners of the rooms, against which the sliding-screens, or fusuma,abut. The passage of these uprights througli the room to the
Architecture, Japanese
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