Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 217
lat enclosure, surrounded by a strong stone railing, in whichthere is a gate. Both the railing and the gate are of massivestone ; but they are mere copies in the harder material of asimple wood construction. Within this enclosure is a large bronzecolumn supported by four buttress-like members (Fig.… … Fig. 66.—Bronze Column orSoRiN-TO AT Nikko. ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. contrivance which holds copies of the scriptures, and the piouscause to revolve as a religious duty,—the sorin-to (so = all, rin =wheel, to = tower). The titles of the sacred books contained inthis structure are written on…
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