Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings.
- Dover Publications 1961
- 372p.
Chapter I: The House: Appearance of City and Village, General Description of House, House Construction, Frame Work and Foundation. Bracing, Selection of Stock, Japanese Carpenters, Carpenters' Tools and Appliances, Construction of Ceiling, Partitions and Walls, Structure of Kura p.1, Chapter II: Types of Houses: City and Country Houses, Fishermen's Houses, Kura, A Study of Roofs, Shingled Roofs, Tiled Roofs, Stone, Roofs, Thatched Roofs p.45, Chapter III: Interiors: General Description, Plans, Mats, Sliding Screens, Fusuma, Hikite, Shoji, Tokonoma, Chigai, Dana, Tea Rooms, Kura, Ceilings, Walls, Ramma, Windows, Portable Screens, p.108, Chapter IV: Interiors: Kitchen, Floors, Closets, Stairways, Public Bathing, Bathing Conveniences, Towel Racks, Bedding and Pillows, Hibachi and Tabako Bon, Candles and Candle, Sticks, Lamps and Lanterns, Household Shrines, Birds, Nests in Houses, Privies p.185, Chapter V: Entrances and Approaches: Vestibule and Hall, Verandah and Balcony, Amado, To Bukuro, Chodzu Bachi Gateways, Fences, p.234, Chapter VI: Gardens Stone Tablets, Ishi, Doro, Bridges, Summer houses, Ponds, Pathways, Dwarf, Trees and Flower Pots p.273, Chapter VII: Miscellaneous Matters, Wells and Water, Supply, Flowers, Interior Adornments, Precautions Against Fire, Houses of Foreign Style, Absence, Monuments, Chapter VIII: The Ancient House, Allusions to The House in Ancient Japanese Records p.323