Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 265
ce whenviewed in relation to the material of Japanese buildings. I meanthe metal sockets in which the ends of all timbers of elaborateJapanese buildings are incased. The sockets are used to excludewater from contact with the cross-grained portions of the wood. DnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnDnnnnnnnnDDnnnnn : _E… … Fig. 85. Indian Lattice Window formed ofPIERCED Stone. In Fig. 44 it will be noticed, as I have alread} pointed out, thatthe bases of the columns are of stone, and that upon these stone bases rest loosely the verticalcolumns which form the mainsupports of the gateway. Itwill also be seen that…
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