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Book: Landscape Gardening in Japan, 1912
Chapter: Chapter 5. Garden Water Basins

Water ladles Hishaku

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Attached to all open Basins is a small wooden ladle, called Hishaku, for baling the water and pouring it over the hands. The most important Basins are illustrated in Plates IX., X., and XX.