The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 119
(Plate XII), leading to the second court, andso on to a third, until, by traversing terrace afterterrace, he at last reaches the oratory and chapel.These courtyards are usually filled with concom-mitant buildings of the Buddhist cult, as well as anumber of bronze and stone lanterns presented bythe… … o PAGODAS AND TEMPLE. 07 either hand throughout—all crowned with festoonedroofs and clothed in crimson lacquer laid over thefinest silk instead of cloth, as is the case with valuablecurios of Echizen. Among the most imposing of these supplementarybuildings are the gojin-no-to or pagodas, which…
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