tokonoma
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tokonoma
1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to toko (raised) floor + -no grammatical particle + ma room
Example Sentences
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Set in a garden among plum and kiwi trees, the cottage has traditional tatami mats, shoji-paper and fusuma sliding doors, chunky wooden cabinets and tokonoma alcoves.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023
In her tokonoma she had just hung up a Japanese painting representing a moonlight scene.
From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.
It may, in extreme cases, be much less; for a certain kind of Japanese garden can be contrived small enough to put in a tokonoma.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
The Emperor, of course, never comes, and so the tokonoma is no more than a name.
From Peeps at Many Lands: Japan by Finnemore, John
In the tokonoma hangs a kakemon,—a wonderful writing by an ancient monk dealing with the evanescence of all earthly things.
From The Book of Tea by Okakura, Kakuzo
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