Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 355
bound together (Fig. 161), which are not less Egyptian incharacter. It must, however, be noticed that the lily associatedwith Buddhism is not that of Egypt, the latter being a Nymphaea,the former a Nelumbium ; but each country has simply used theflower growing in the land. In both cases the…
Architecture -- Japan · Art -- Japan · Japan -- Description and travel
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