Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 97
EIR SURROUNDINGS. The countrj house of an inclepencleut samurai, or rich farmer,is large, roomy, and thoroughly comfortable. I recall with thekeenest pleasure the delightful days enjoyed under the roofof one of these typical mansions in Kabutoyama, in the westernpart of the province of Musashi. The… … Fig. 45. — Old rAioi-iiousE in Kabutoyama. as store-houses and servants quarters. At the farther end ofthe yard, and facing the entrance, was a comfortable old farm-house, having a projecting gable-wing to its right (fig. 45). Theroof was a thatched one of unusual thickness. At the end ofthe wing…
Architecture, Japanese
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