tokowaki　床脇

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

The place adjacent to an alcove *tokonoma 床の間, where various types of shelves are constructed. Examples includes: staggered shelves *chigaidana 違い棚 cabinets with sliding doors attached to the ceiling tenbukuro 天袋; or cabinets with sliding doors placed at floor level *jibukuro 地袋. It compliments the tokonoma in elegance of design and at the same time provides storage spaces. Tokowaki are especially common tea ceremony rooms *chashitsu 茶室 of the shoin style *shoin-zukuri 書院造.

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