Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 53
removed (fig. 49). Indeed,most of the horizontal framing-timbers, as well as the rafters, 2 ^^ ^^^H—^ —-— y^r i ^^ ^S 1 ^^^^—_ ^^ ! 1 s f 1 1 1 18 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. are usually unhewn, — the rafters often having the bark on, orperhaps being accurately squared sticks; but in… … Fig. 9. — End-feaming of large Building. irregular-shaped beams worked into the construction of a frame,often for their quaint effects (fig. 7), and in many cases as amatter of economy (fig. 39). For a narrow house, if the roof 1)6 a gable, a central uprightat each end of the building gives support…
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