Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [006]

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Title Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [006]
Photo Number Box 23, Architecture Tokonoma, 8
Description Photo of a tokonoma (alcove) with flowers and scroll in Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Subject Architecture, Japanese--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Interior architecture--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Tokonoma (Architecture)--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Interior decoration--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Scrolls (Decorative arts)--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Calligraphy--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Flower arrangement, Japanese--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Architecture
Keywords Interiors; Tokonoma; Alcoves
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Honshu (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Caption on Slide Tokonoma in Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Tokonoma, also known simply as toko, is a built-in recessed area located in the reception room of traditional Japanese interior design. They are usually decorated with scrolls (pictorial or calligraphic), bonsai, or decorative figures. Toko means floor or bed, ma means room or space.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6w38c3j
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 330388
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w38c3j
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