Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 275
Fig. 91.—Roof. the forms of the tombs found in the cemeteries, for these have acharacter which renders them worthy of special notice. !58 JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE, Fig. 38 gives tlie tombstone most commonly met with ; whileFig. 40 represents the monument erected to commemorate theCorean conquest.… … Fig. 92.—Portion of Roof. refer to India, China, and Tibet, where we commonly find objects similar to this in connection with ecclesiastical edifices. The form used on the continent of Asia we give in Fig. 40, where the lower square stone represents the earth, the circular stone water, the…
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