Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 256
Fig. 72.- LOMPOLND Bracket..\ A, Sections of horizontal members carried bythe brackets. … Fig. 73.—Entrance-gate of the IEMhLE of Dai-butz, Kioto. bridges of Japan. These, some ha\e said, prove that the Japanesehave no true understanding of the principles of construction.To me it seems that we might as well deny the existenceof structural knowledge in England, because in certain parts…
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