Comments on: The Beauty of a Weathered Shrine Roof http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18741 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18741 Wow! Great note, Peter. Dover Books does have so many wonderful reprints of fascinating and out-of print books. So neat that you have that particular one. And I agree with Marci...that DOES look like a miniature structure, especially if that is actually grass growing from the roof peak. Wow! Great note, Peter. Dover Books does have so many wonderful reprints of fascinating and out-of print books. So neat that you have that particular one. And I agree with Marci…that DOES look like a miniature structure, especially if that is actually grass growing from the roof peak.

]]> by: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18739 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:54:50 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18739 "The shingles are always split, and are very thin - being the thickness of an ordinary octavo book cover... There are other methods of shingling, in which the courses of shingles are laid very closely together, and also in many layers. Remarkable examples of this method may be seen in some of the temple roofs, and particularly the roofs of certain temple gateways in Kioto, where layers of the thinnest shingles, forming a mass a foot or more in thickness, are compactly laid, with the many graceful contours of the roof delicately preserved. ... On seeing one of these roofs, one is reminded of a thatched roof, which this style seems evidently intended to imitate." - from page 81-82 of the 1961 Dover Press reprint of 'Japanese Homes and their Surroundings', by Edward S. Morse (originally published 1885), which I think I mentioned previously - a fascinating book! “The shingles are always split, and are very thin - being the thickness of an ordinary octavo book cover… There are other methods of shingling, in which the courses of shingles are laid very closely together, and also in many layers. Remarkable examples of this method may be seen in some of the temple roofs, and particularly the roofs of certain temple gateways in Kioto, where layers of the thinnest shingles, forming a mass a foot or more in thickness, are compactly laid, with the many graceful contours of the roof delicately preserved. … On seeing one of these roofs, one is reminded of a thatched roof, which this style seems evidently intended to imitate.”

- from page 81-82 of the 1961 Dover Press reprint of ‘Japanese Homes and their Surroundings’, by Edward S. Morse (originally published 1885), which I think I mentioned previously - a fascinating book!

]]> by: Marcina http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18730 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:58:11 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18730 I'm not sure why, but that first photo really REALLY looks like a miniature villiage for some reason. I can't get any real perspective, and to me it looks like a toy train should be chugging around those buildings :-) I’m not sure why, but that first photo really REALLY looks like a miniature villiage for some reason. I can’t get any real perspective, and to me it looks like a toy train should be chugging around those buildings :-)

]]> by: Grandma Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18728 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:01:33 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-07-12/867#comment-18728 I'm not sure what you mean by "thin strips of wood." Are they like shake shingles, like you had on your California house, but maybe smaller? <span class='jfriedl'>Shingles are slabs of wood... these are really thin... maybe 1/16th or 1/8th of an inch... —Jeffy</span> I agree, the weathering is most attractive, though here moss on any roof is thought to be detrimental (since it eventually breaks down the surface and destroys the waterproofing) so zinc or copper is often used to destroy it. I also LOVE moss on stone or cement structures, which can be encouraged with a little yogurt or buttermilk along with the necessary moisture. I’m not sure what you mean by “thin strips of wood.” Are they like shake shingles, like you had on your California house, but maybe smaller?

Shingles are slabs of wood… these are really thin… maybe 1/16th or 1/8th of an inch… —Jeffy

I agree, the weathering is most attractive, though here moss on any roof is thought to be detrimental (since it eventually breaks down the surface and destroys the waterproofing) so zinc or copper is often used to destroy it. I also LOVE moss on stone or cement structures, which can be encouraged with a little yogurt or buttermilk along with the necessary moisture.

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