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" ... square feet ; on one side was another smaller room, called Midzu-ya (water-room), where the utensils were arranged ; on the other side was another small room for receiving the guests. Surrounding the house or apartment was a garden, Ro-ji (dewy ground).... "
Japanese Pottery: Being a Native Report - Page xviii
by Augustus Wollaston Franks, Victoria and Albert Museum - 1906 - 119 pages
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Japanese pottery, a native report (prepared by M. Shioda and tr. by T. Asami ...

M. Shioda - 1880 - 162 pages
...removed from the rest of the house, and it was known under the names of Kakoi (the enclosed), or Sukiya. It was covered with shingles, and consisted of a room...off their shoes, and a portable earthenware furnace (furd) was used. The inside of the room was to be as plain as possible, though costly woods might be...
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Queer Things about Japan

Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - Japan - 1903 - 584 pages
...Collection in the South Kensington Museum. “Two modes of conducting the ceremonies were observed—the winter and summer modes. In the former the garden...filled with ashes. In the latter, the garden was decked with flowers, the guests took off their shoes, and a portable earthenware furnace (furo) was used....
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Japan as Seen and Described by Famous Writers

Esther Singleton - Japan - 1904 - 472 pages
...usually measuring four and a half mats (a mat equals about six by three feet), or, about eighty-one square feet ; on one side was another smaller room,...and a portable earthenware furnace (furo) was used. The inside of the room was to be as plain as possible, though costly woods might be employed if the...
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Japan as Seen and Described by Famous Writers

Esther Singleton - Japan - 1904 - 478 pages
...three feet), or, about eighty-one square feet ; on one side was another smaller room, called Midxu-ya (water-room), where the utensils were arranged ; on...and a portable earthenware furnace (furo) was used. The inside of the room was to be as plain as possible, though costly woods might be employed if the...
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Japan as Seen and Described by Famous Writers

Esther Singleton - Japan - 1904 - 512 pages
...another small room for receiving the guests. Surrounding the house or apartment was a garden, Ro-fi (dewy ground). Two modes of conducting the ceremonies...and a portable earthenware furnace (furo) was used. The inside of the room was to be as plain as possible, though costly woods might be employed if the...
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Queer Things about Japan

Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - Japan - 1904 - 568 pages
...based on that given in Mr Frank's Catalogue of the Ceramic Collection in the South Kensington Museum. " Two modes of conducting the ceremonies were observed...filled with ashes. In the latter, the garden was decked with flowers, the guests took off then1 shoes, and a portable earthenware furnace (furo) was used....
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