Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 199
t officerwaiting to conduct us to the castle ; but although we soonreached its massive gates, we had to put up with most tediousdelays before we were allowed to pass them. l82 JAPAN: TTS ARCHITECTURE, At last \vc arc inside the walls, when we are shown into tworooms which have ceilings similar to… … Fig. 62.—WooD-CAKViNG liv HlDAKi ZiNGOifo. Preserved in the C.i-stle at Nagoya. of flowers and birds, which are coloured in a subdued and delicatemanner (Fig. 62j. While these screens are pierced and carvedon both sides, both faces are yet essentially different ; and theparts are arranged with such…
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