Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 130
inds of art objects,my good friend Mr. George Augustus Sala said, RememberSpain is the land of nails. My assistant sent me, from thiscountry, sketches of the grandest nails that I had ever seen, andeven some of the nails themselves which he had managed topick up at curiosity shops. But Mr. Sala was… … Fig. 35.—End of Wall. The Wall is ofyellow-ochre colour. This colour, and thefive parallel while lines, indicate that aperson of royal blood owns or administersthis property. 114 JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE. the temple doors arc positively bestudded with such nails as arein the truest sense ornaments,…
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