Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 95
the frieze were of 60 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. dark wood, and bore perforated designs of pine and bambooalternating. The larger houses of this description are always inns. Theyusually abut directly upon the road, and have an open appearanceand an air of hospitality about them which at… … FiG. 42.— Bay-wikdow, Village of Odzuka, Uikuzen. boring countries. The larger number of these inns in the northare of one-story, though many may be seen that are two-storied.Very rarely does a three-storied building occur. Fig. 43 repre-sents one of this nature, that was seen in a small village…
Architecture, Japanese
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