Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 289
Asia ; and that religion has played its part in determining its character. We further notice that out of the architecture has grown a system of ornamentation, developed under the influence of Buddhism, while the perfect finish of all Japanese work is due to the influence of Shinto upon the Japanese… … Fig. iio.—Top view of Circular Pillar.Showing the manner in which cross-beamsare inserted into it. ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 271 common wares which would not be permitted in the case of architectural edifices. Yet I have seen a monkey, carved in a humorous manner, resting upon a temple roof, as…
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