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THE TEA-ROOM
TO European architects brought up on the traditions of stone and brick construction, our Japanese method of building with wood and bamboo seems scarcely worthy to be ranked as architecture. It is but quite recently that a competent student of Western architecture has recognised and paid tribute to the remarkable perfection of our great temples.[1] Such being the case as regards our classic architecture, we could hardly expect the outsider to appreciate the subtle beauty of the tea-room, its principles of construction and
- ↑ We refer to Ralph N. Cram's Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts. The Baker & Taylor Co., New York, 1905.
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