Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 300
stripped of their bark, showing the prominences left by theremoval of their branches. The transverse piece crowning thewhole had been specially selected to give an upward curve toits ends, such as one sees in the upper transverse beam of atori-i.1 It had been cuton three of its faces, oneanswering… … Directly below this beamwas a black worm-eatenplank from some oldshipwreck, and immedi-ately below this was an-other transverse tie inthe shape of a hugegreen bamboo. The gateitself was composed oflight narrow strips placed half an inch apart, between which could be seen fourtransverse bars within.…
Architecture, Japanese · Japan -- Social life and customs
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