| At one point, dances were even held in the dojo with the tokonoma serving as the bandstand. |
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| The tokonoma is the place of honor in a Japanese style house used for displaying family heirlooms and seasonal flower arrangements. |
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| In Japan the written by brush calligraphies are placed in the niche tokonoma, the house's place of honor. |
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| Shelving covers walls that might otherwise be empty, and the landing at the top of the staircase was the perfect place for a Japanese tokonoma. |
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| The main room was often divided into two levels, the slightly raised one, which was backed by the tokonoma and fronted by decorative wood carving, being reserved for the highest-ranking person present. |
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| Crossing the threshold he encountered the tokonoma or alcove that is positioned to greet all who enter. |
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| A hanging scroll is placed in the tea room's tokonoma, or alcove, together with an incense container and a vase. |
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| Next to the tokonoma, there is often a built-in writing table. |
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| The placement of objects in the tokonoma, an alcove for the display of art, and the construction of the garden are considered from the eye level of a person seated on a tatami. |
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| The tokonoma is the alcove where the master prepares the tea. |
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| The decorative object is given pride of place in an alcove built specially for it, called a tokonoma, and most Japanese homes, even those in Western style, have at least one. |
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| He based the niche on the Japanese alcove known as a tokonoma. |
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| Tokonoma is a type of Japanese room where artwork is displayed, while kakemono refers to scroll pictures. |
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