Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 263
rts andmanufactures of a most artistic character. But it cannot bedoubted that many of the arts of Japan, as well as the ornamentsemployed by the Japanese, owe their origin to Central Asia, forsuch temples as that of H5w6-do in Uji could only have beendecorated by one having experience of Indian… … Fir. 83.—Plan of part of the Open Roof in the Gatehouse of the Temple Tofuku-zi. the column rises a system of brackets supporting horizontal mem-bers ; but a timber which would rest on the advancing bracket A,Fig. 82, has been removed, as it would hide that shown in our illus-tration, and by which…
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