Japanese Homes and Their SurroundingsEdward 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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS With Illustrations by the Author Edward S. Morse Director of the Peabody Academy of Science; Late Professor of Zoölogy, University of Tokio, Japan; Member of the National Academy of Science; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Etc. Title Page Decoration Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York 1889
Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. TYPES OF HOUSES. CHAPTER III. INTERIORS CHAPTER IV. INTERIORS (Continued). CHAPTER V. ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES. CHAPTER VI. GARDENS. CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. CHAPTER VIII. THE ANCIENT HOUSE. CHAPTER IX. THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE. GLOSSARY. Footnotes Illustrations Fig. 1.—View in Tokio, showing shops and houses. (Copied from a Photograph). Fig. 2.—View in Tokio, showing temples and gardens. (Copied from a Photograph). Fig. 3.—View of Enoshima (Copied from a Photograph). Fig. 4.—Side Framing.
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