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Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings — Edward Sylvester Morse

Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings

Edward Sylvester Morse

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 325 pages

Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings is a collection of essays by Edward Sylvester Morse, an American zoologist and scholar of Japan, on traditional Japanese architecture, interiors, and gardens. Published in 1889 and based on his observations, with his illustrations, it offers insight into everyday spaces and culture of the period. It is worth listening to for its clear documentary detail.

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. PREFACE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE.
  6. CHAPTER II. TYPES OF HOUSES.
  7. CHAPTER III. INTERIORS
  8. CHAPTER IV. INTERIORS (Continued).
  9. CHAPTER V. ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES.
  10. CHAPTER VI. GARDENS.
  11. CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. THE ANCIENT HOUSE.
  13. CHAPTER IX. THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE.
  14. GLOSSARY.
  15. Footnotes

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