Japan and the Japanese illustrated . 120 LIFE IX JAPAK al».ut with the mechanical of a subaltern. Ho was (i»itc supcrHunus1,ut wc did not allow his presence to interfere with our A hi-h. ?I HE IACCiHA OK IIATflllMAN. trrracc, reached hv a IniK^ stone staircase, surmounted tlie second enclosure. It issustained by a Cyclopean wall, and in its turn supports the principal Temple as THE TEMPLE OF HATCniMAN. 121 well as the habitations of the bonzes. The grey roofs of all these different buildingsstand out against the sombre forest of cedars and pines. On our left are the bui
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . 120 LIFE IX JAPAK al».ut with the mechanical of a subaltern. Ho was (i»itc supcrHunus1,ut wc did not allow his presence to interfere with our A hi-h. ?I HE IACCiHA OK IIATflllMAN. trrracc, reached hv a IniK^ stone staircase, surmounted tlie second enclosure. It issustained by a Cyclopean wall, and in its turn supports the principal Temple as THE TEMPLE OF HATCniMAN. 121 well as the habitations of the bonzes. The grey roofs of all these different buildingsstand out against the sombre forest of cedars and pines. On our left are the buildingsof the Treasury ; one of them has a pyramidal roof surmounted by a turret of bronzemost elegantly worked. At the foot of the great terrace is the Chapel of the our right stands a tall pagoda, constructed on the principle of the Chinese pagodas,but in a more sober and severe style. The first stage, of a quadrangular form, issupported by pillars; the second stage consists of a vast circular gallery which, thoughextremely massive, seems to rest simply upon a pivot. A painted roof, terminated bya tall spire of cast bronze, embellished with pendants of the same metal, completesthe effect
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