Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 57
t the crossings complete. At one oclock on this day Sir Harry Parkes was to take me to Mr. Okubo, the minister of the interior ; but finding that the mail was leaving he got the appointment deferred till the following day. In the afternoon we viewed a small Shinto temple, erected to the memory of… … ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 39 vase formed of a joint of bamboo and filled with flowers. Thefloor of the temple is covered with a white ground commonBrussels carpet of large panel pattern ; on the dais is spread amore hideous European white felt carpet. Besides the mirror thetemple contains about…
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