Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 159
red, as the temple is dedicatedto the Fox, and arranged in groups without order. In one groupI counted a hundred of these curious structures. From thistemple, which, like so many in Japan, is on high ground, a view I40 JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE, of the town, surrounding country, and bay can be got,… … Fig. 39.—Temple in Osaka. Showing a few of the Torri in the Temple Grounds.Here the Fox is worshipped as the God of Agriculture. a paper lantern. The first one, reading from a scroll of paper,calls each of my escort by name. The Governor of Osaka hascommunicated our coming lest any of the party…
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