Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 228
the hopeof conveying to the reader what I—an architect and ornamentist—feel when contemplating these matchless shrines must appear, Iam afraid, altogether unreasonable. We now leave the temple, and, making our exit through aquaint white gate (Fig. 70) proceed up the hill to a smaller, butnot less… … Fig. 70.—Small Gateway at Nikko. 2IO JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE, colour nor carving in its temples ; while Buddhism symbolises bycarving and colour the power of the Buddhists god over all createdthings, and the loving protection which all that lives enjoys at hishands. The very essence of Shintoism is…
Architecture -- Japan · Art, Japanese · Decorative arts -- Japan · Japan -- Description and travel
Internet Archive · Boston Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
