Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 186
ses was a rich, warm, umber color. The ceiling consisted TOKONOMA. — CHIGAI-DANA. 147 of large square panels of old cedar richly grained. This roomwas comparatively modern, having been built in 1868. Fig. 127 represents a room in the second story of a housein Tokio. The recesses were remarkably… … Fig. 128. — Guest-room of a Country House. and depth, —the vertical partition usually dividing these reces-ses being represented only by a square beam against the wall.A reference, however, to the figure will convey a clearer ideaof these features than any description. The ceiling, which wasquite…
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