| Title |
Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [002] |
| Photo Number |
Box 64, Special Lectures, Special Lecture, Japan Customary Practices, 53 |
| Description |
Photo of a tokonoma (alcove), possibly located inside an inn at Matuse, Japan (?), circa 1940-1966 |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1966 |
| 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: Architecture Tokonoma_006 with original caption information indicating photograph date as: 1940s. |
| 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. |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61r76vr |
| 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 |
334876 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r76vr |
