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Definition of Tokonomas
1. tokonoma [n] - See also: tokonoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tokonomas
Literary usage of Tokonomas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"Most of the kakemono in the tokonomas are Shinto rather than Buddhist. The story
of the Sun-goddess is a favourite theme with local artists. ..."
2. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"Most of the kakemono in the tokonomas are Shinto rather than Buddhist. The story
of the Sun-goddess is a favourite theme with local artists. ..."
3. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"Most of the kakemono in the tokonomas are Shinto rather than Buddhist. The story
of the Sun-goddess is a favourite theme with local artists. ..."
4. Architecture and Building (1915)
"At the south end of this room, flanking the entrance door are two "tokonomas."
The '"Tokonoma" in the Japanese house is a shrine for worship, ..."
5. In Japan: Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art by Gaston Migeon (1908)
"... Mitsuoki shows still closer affinities in his decoration of a great tree
covered with doves. In the narrow tokonomas there is a long series of beautiful ..."
6. In Bamboo Lands [Japan] by Katharine Schuyler Baxter (1895)
"We first walked through the house, admiring its neatly finished interior. In the
tokonomas, alcoves with highly polished floors slightly elevated, ..."
7. In Bamboo Lands by Katharine Schuyler Baxter (1895)
"In the tokonomas, alcoves with highly polished floors slightly elevated, old
distorted pine-trees were growing in ornamental pots ..."
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