Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 32
ard ofthis temple.) We walk through the courtyard inspecting the long rows ofstoj^fcnterns, and viewing the e.-vteriors of the various buildings • … FtG. 16.—The Water-Tank at Shiba,With its monnlith coUirmis. on tlie tops of which festooned drnpery in colours and gold is painted. on which \\e find birds, flowers, water, and clouds carved with atenderness and boldness scared} to be surpassed, and so colouredthat each object retains its…
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