Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [007]

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Title Japanese Architecture: Tokonoma (Alcove) [007]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 60, Special Lectures Aspects of the Japanese Garden, 67
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1961
Subject Interior architecture--Japan--Photographs; Tokonoma (Architecture)--Japan--Photographs; Interior decoration--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Architecture
Keywords Interiors; Kanso
Spatial Coverage Japan
Description Photograph (detail) of (what appears to be?) a tokonoma (alcove)
Caption on Slide 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_philosophyofzen018 with Date.Original provided as: 1968.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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.
ARK ark:/87278/s6xk8z9d
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 338476
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xk8z9d
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