Definition of Tokonomas

1. Noun. (plural of tokonoma) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tokonomas

1. tokonoma [n] - See also: tokonoma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tokonomas

tokin
toking
tokins
tokkoite
tokkurinage
toko
toko-
tokoeka
tokoekas
tokologies
tokology
tokoloshe
tokomak
tokomaks
tokonoma
tokonomas (current term)
tokos
tokoyama
toktokkie
toktokkies
toku-dawara
tokusatsu
tola
tolah
tolahs
tolan
tolane
tolanes
tolans
tolar

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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