Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 258
Fig. 72.—Compound Bracket. A A, Sections of horizontal members carried by the brackets. … Fig. 73.—Entrance-gate of the Uemple of Dai-butz, Kioto. bridges of Japan. These, some have said, prove that the Japanesehave no true understanding of the principles of construction.To me it seems that we might as well deny the existenceof structural knowledge in England, because in certain parts…
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