Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 278
es. For the most part,they consist of groups of plants, birds, water, clouds, animals, and,in a few cases, of figures. All are wrought with consummateskill, and are generally actually pierced, the entire substance ofthe wood out of which they are formed being cut through. The manner of the cutting… … 262 JAPAN: ITS ARCHITECTURE, One of the special features of Japanese decoration is seen inthe use of diaper patterns on horizontal members and stringcourses. We never enrich beams and joists by small, repeating,
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