Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Vol 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544083384)

I was sorry to lose the beautiful lake view, but I found it necessary to remove to the northern quarter of the city, into a very quiet Street behind the mouldering castle. My new home is a katchiu-yashiki, the ancient residence of some samurai of high rank. It is shut off from the street, or rather roadway, skirting the castle moat by a long, high wall coped with tiles. One ascends to the gateway, which is almost as large as that of a temple court, by a low broad flight of stone steps; and projecting from the wall, to the right of the gate, is a look-out window, heavily barred, like a big wooden cage.

Author: Lafcadio Hearn
ISBN-10: 1544083386
ISBN-13: 9781544083384
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2017
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d