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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1885)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 305

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us expertin old writings. 266 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. The variety in design and structure of fences seems almostinexhaustible. Many of them are solid and durable structures,others of the lightest possible description, — some made withsolid frame and heavy stakes, and others of wisps… … Pig. 252. — Rustic Garden Gate. of red-pine, bamboo, reed, twigs, and fagots. Bundles of rush,and indeed almost every kind of plant that can be bound intobundles or sustain its own weight are brought into requisitionin the composition of these boundary partitions. The fences have special names,…

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