Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 143
ROUNDINGS. bamboo slats, bent abruptly into a yoke, in shape not unlikea pair of sugar-tongs, and these spanning the pole were thrustobliquely into the thatch. These were placed in pairs and cross-wise in the interspaces between the bark saddles. On the endsof the ridge there were two bamboo yokes… … In the province of Ise a simple type of roof was seen (fig. 94).The ridge-roof was quite low, sheathed with bark and bounddown with a number of bamboos. At the gable were roundmasses of thatch covered with bark, which formed an ornamentalmoulding at the verge.1 In the province of Osumi, on the…
Architecture, Japanese · Japan -- Social life and customs
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