Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 139
dge, with 100 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. an interspace of three or four feet between them. Fig. 88 repre-sents a roof with three of these saddles, which is the usual number.These saddles are firmly bound to the roof, and on their crestsand directly over the ridge a long bamboo is… … Fig. 87.—Tile and Bamboo Ridge of Thatched Roof, Takatsuki, Setsu. and appearance very much like a Japanese straw rain-coat. Thesmoke filters out through this curtain, though the rain cannotbeat in. Roofs of a somewhat similar construction may be seen inother provinces. In the suburbs of Kioto a…
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