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To: SunkenCiv

The Japanese built with wood and stone until the importation of western methods 150 years ago. There isn’t a single “original” building from before that time, except for the keyhole tombs in the Osaka region, and I’m sure there’s been some reconstruction there as well.


2 posted on 04/15/2024 10:46:41 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: chajin

“This is my grandfather’s axe. The handle has been replaced five times and the blade three times. But this is my grandfather’s axe.” *A dwarf character in a Terry Pratchett story.


17 posted on 04/15/2024 11:18:53 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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