Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 96
umber 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 northof Sendai. Houses of the better classes stand back from the road, andhave… … Fig. 43. — Three-stokied House in RiKUCHIU. buildings, for servants quarters, also often form portions of theboundary wall. In the denser part of larger cities it is rareto find an old house, — the de-vastating conflagrations that sooften sweep across the citiesrendering the survival of oldhouses…
Architecture, Japanese
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