tokonoma
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tokonoma
1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to toko (raised) floor + -no grammatical particle + ma room
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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
The tokonoma, as the word suggests, must originally have been the sleeping-place of the owner of the room, for it certainly is the only corner in a Japanese house which is secured from draughts.
From Kimono by John Paris
The third wall, a solid one of smoke-blue plaster, held the niche called "tokonoma," where pictures are hung and flower vases set.
From The Dragon Painter by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
In this second tokonoma was a pearl-grey vase, and that was all.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
Save for the sill of the tokonoma, which was black lacquer, every inch of wood in the place was natural grain without flaw.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
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