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Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)

Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 287

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Fig. 104.—Diagram of Ornament in Gable.Showing the manner in which the proportion of its parts is determined. chiefly from below ; while the columns of those which are placedon level ground are in part hidden by overhanging roofs. Some, … W Fig. 105.—ToRii. Showing the manner in which it is set out. which are enclosed by a series of courts (as the temple atNikko) must be so closely viewed, owing to the proximity of ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 269 the surrounding walls, that the proportion of part to part canscarcely be perceived. In…

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