Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 173
d inthe houses of the Daimios. Spanning the tokonoma above is afinished beam a foot or more belowthe ceiling, the interspace above beingplastered, as are the walls of bothrecesses. A similar beam spans thechigai-dana at a somewhat lower level.When the cross-beam of the chigai-dana connects with the… … Eigs. 114, 115, 116, and 117- Ornamental-headed Nails. TOKONOMA. — CHIGAI-DANA. 135 conventional forms. Figs. 114, 115, 116, and 117 present a fewof the cheaper forms used; these being of cast metal, the finerlines only having been cut by hand. These nails, or kazari-kugi,are strictly ornamental,…
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