Japan : its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London : Longmans, Green : New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 75
heir turn meet a trans-verse platform at the inner end of the house, which may be regarded as an extension of the stage. To the right of the aisle, or to the left, as the case may be, and arranged close to the wall, is a series of boxes, pits, or cells, whichever we ^ may call them, and square in… … Fig. 23.—Plan of Gallery of Theatre at Yedo.Behind the bamboo screen (a a) the gods stand. ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 57 about fifteen inches below the level of the aisles, and into whichyou jump when you take your place, rather than boxes such aswe have in our theatres. At the opposite side of the…
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