Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 279
I noticed a shelf-rack above the fusuma, designed for holding the family lanterns(fig. 224). It may as well be stated here, — a fact which is prob- 240 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. ably well known to most of our readers, — that the Japanesealmost invariably carry lighted lanterns when… … Fig. 224. — Laxterx-shelf ix Hall. design. So persistent is this habit of carrying lanterns, that onbright moonlight nights the lantern is brought into requisition ;and nothing strikes a foreigner as so ludicrous as the sightof a number of firemen on the top of a b.urning building,holding lighted…
Architecture, Japanese · Japan -- Social life and customs
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