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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1885)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 198

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nd damp at certainseasons of the year. KUBA. 159 For the fitting up of such a room, to adapt it for a living-place,a light frame-work of bamboo is constructed, which stands awayfrom the walls at a distance of two or three feet; upon this, clothis stretched like a curtain. The frame-work forms a… … Jjjji|[|l{ilJli^M \ Fig. 136. — Room in Second Story or Old Building in Kawagoye, Musashi. The owner of this apartment was an eminent antiquarian, and thewalls of the room were lined with shelves and cases which werefilled with old books and pictures, rare scrolls, and bric-a-brac. Aloft above, to…

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