Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 73
, which intheir turn meet a trans-verse platform at theinner end of the house,which may be regardedas an extension of thestage. To the right ofthe aisle, or to the left,as the case may be, andarranged close to the • wall, is a series of boxes,pits, or cells, whichever we ,may call them, and… … Fig. 23.—Plan of Gallery of Theatre at Yedo.Behind the bamboo screen (a a) the gods stand. ART, AND ART MANUFACTURES. 57 about fifteen inches below the level of the aisles, and into which)-ou jump when you take your place, rather than boxes such aswe have in our theatres. At the opposite side of…
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