Japan in art and industry. : With a glance at Japanese manners and customs (1893)
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907 · London : Saxon · leaf 100
the others, so that the wholeis kept in perfect equilibrium. It is Paulownia wood, whereof are made theguefas, those bizarre sabots, so high that it is a puzzlehow anyone can walk in them without falling. Theyare always left at the interior door of the habitation,for no one walks upon the mats… … METHOD FOR CARRYING BEAMS. The maker of sabots uses his feet to hold the pieceof wood out of which he fashions them ; occasion-ally, however, he sits astride a sort of trestle. 86 Natural Products and Manufactures. His tools are similar to those of the joiner andcarpenter ; he uses them in the same…
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