Japan in art and industry. : With a glance at Japanese manners and customs (1893)
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907 · London : Saxon · leaf 253
floor or of the wains-coting, which are frequentlywashed, and whose brightnessno stain ever tarnishes. Here and there some screens,a niche indented in the wallthat faces the entrance is calledthe Tokononia ; the panelsof this niche are in naturalwood, of openwork wroughtwith a consummate art. At… … The Japanese House. 239 The pillars supporting the framework are of themost capricious shapes, from the geometric form ofperfect precision down to those the most contorted.Occasionally the trunk of a tree, with all its rusticityabout it, is used as a supporting column. The interior partitions…
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