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Japanese homes and their surroundings (1885)

Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 315

An illustration from Japanese homes and their surroundings, 1885, leaf 315
he accompanying sketch (fig. 263) is a tablet of thissort, from a famous tea-garden at Omori, celebrated for itsplum-blossoms. The legend, freely translated, runs as follows: The sight of the plum-blossom causes the ink to flow in thewriting-room, — meaning that one is inspired to compose… … Fig. 263. — Garden Tablet. ISHI-DORO. 277

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