JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS

 

MORSE, Edward S.  JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS.     

                                                                                                                

Boston: Ticknoe, 1886. 4to. Publisher's decorated cloth, top edge gilt. xxxiii, (i), 372 pages. Second edition. [Hitchcock, 803].

Morse's book is famous as an early study of Japanese architecture.  James Kornwulf wrote that, the illustrations "display the simplicity of line and a sense of proportion that soon came to be reflected in architecture of the Aesthetic Movement."  Morse (1838-1925) taught at the Imperial University in Tokyo from 1877-1880.   Bookplate.  Loosely laid in advertisement for "The Land of the Morning Calm."  Minor rubbing to extremities of spine, else a very good copy.

 

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