Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 177
s such names as willow-leaf shelf, fish-shelf, etc. In thisrecess, as we have seen, are usually shelves and a cupboard;and the arrangements of these are almost as numberless as thehouses containing them, — at least it is rare to see two alike. Ashelf in the chigai-dana, having a rib or raised… … Fig. 119. — Guest-room. top of the cupboard a lacquer-box, in which was contained an ink-stone, brushes, and paper. This box was usually very rich in itsgold lacquer and design. In the houses of the nobles the top ofthe cupboard was also used to hold a wooden tablet called ashaku, — an object…
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