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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1885)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 235

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1885, leaf 235
it of hoarding truck and rubbish with the idea thatsome day it may come into use: this spirit when developed intoa mania converts a mans attic and shed into a junk-shop. The few necessary articles kept by the Jap-anese are stowed away in boxes, cupboards, orinterspaces beneath the floors. The… … macadamized. A variety of closets is found m Fig. 177- — Kitchen Closet, Drawers, Cupboard, and Stairs combined. the Japanese house. The larger closets, closed by sliding screens,or fusuma, are used for clothing and bedding. The tansu — achest of drawers not unlike our bureau — is often placed…

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