PLATE XXV. 



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FUKAGAWA GARDEN. DETAILS. 



The garden just referred to offers several fine examples of the interesting 

 details which characterise designs of the best style. The upper illustration of Plate 

 XXV. shows a peculiar kind of garden bridge which the Japanese call Rankan- 

 bashi, or " Bracket Bridge." Such constructions are used over deep streams the beds 

 and banks of which will not admit of piles being driven in. A series of logs is 

 projected from the stone abutments, forming bracket-like arrangements which carry the 

 ends of the principal cross-beams, thereby diminishing the span between the supports. 

 The flooring consists of small chamfered logs laid crossways and fitted close together 

 with their ends projecting. The balustrade is of neat and elegant proportions with end 

 newels of simple design. The lower illustration shows some important features close 

 to the dwelling, including the projecting gallery, called Nure-En, and a large date- 

 shaped water-basin of granite which is used with a ladle from this gallery. The 

 water-basin necessitates the sink or drain below, which is rendered artistic by an 

 arrangement of fine boulders and rocks. Close by is placed a magnificent stone 

 standard-lantern, sheltered by a handsome pine-tree trained so that some of its 

 branches cross in front of the fire-box or head of the lantern. The skillful blending 

 of architectural formality with the natural wildness of the garden is well displayed 

 in this illustration. 



