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4 February 2025

  • curprev 04:4304:43, 4 February 2025Robinr78 talk contribs 2,821 bytes +114 No edit summary
  • curprev 04:3904:39, 4 February 2025Robinr78 talk contribs 2,707 bytes +2,707 Created page with "{{Header|Tokonoma 02/25}} A '''tokonoma''' (床の間), or simply toko (床), is a recessed space in a Japanese-style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed. In English, a tokonoma could be called an alcove. == History == There are two theories about the predecessor of tokonoma: the first is that it derives from the room structure of the shinden-zukuri, which flourished in the Heian period (794–1185) and declined in the Muromachi period..."