Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 160
ntainedin it, save those from Nara, were made from branches of the sametree. We now saw the largest pagoda in Japan, the Tozi-no-to, orthat connected with the temple of Toki. It is of splendid pro-portions, but is without any of that rich carving which we observedon the pagoda at Osaka. ART, AND… … Fig. 41.—East Gateway of the Temple, Nishi-hongwan-ji, Kioto. a stick in a box each time they get round to it. I understandthat this is considered to confer some religious advantage uponthe performers. The gateways of the temple Nishi-hongwan-ji are as beautifulas the temple to which they lead, and…
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