Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [001]

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Title Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [001]
Photo Number Box 23, Architecture Tokonoma, 6
Description Photo of a tokonoma (alcove), possibly located inside an inn at Matuse, Japan (?), circa 1940-1966
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Subject Architecture, Japanese--Japan--Photographs; Hotels--Japan--Photographs; Interior architecture--Japan--Photographs; Tokonoma (Architecture)--Japan--Photographs; Interior decoration--Japan--Photographs; Television--Receivers and reception--Japan--Photographs; Scrolls (Decorative arts)--Japan--Photographs; Telephone--Japan--Photographs; Lamps--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Architecture; Travel
Keywords Inns; 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 Japan
Caption on Slide Tokonoma (alcove) in 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. Note: Appears to be similar to image with File Name: sl_customary_053 with Date. Original provided as: 1966.
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/s64m9mcr
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 330386
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64m9mcr
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