The guests will arrive at the typical Japanese reception area called
Tokonoma - a dedicated space to receive guests in a traditional house - which features Bonsai plants and power stones.
Welcomed by an exquisitely modern and minimal interiors completed with polished furnishing, dark wood touches and a warm colour palette, the guests arrive at the typical Japanese reception area called
Tokonoma - a dedicated space to receive guests in a traditional house - which features iconic cultural references such as the Bonsai plant and the power stones.
(37) Un crater en la calle puede leerse en paralelo, como imagen aumentada, con otro agujero en la materia: el
tokonoma de Lezama Lima y el signo de un vacio proliferante.
The Okimono is a larger ornamental carving, made for the
tokonoma, (the decorative alcove, which is considered one of the four essential elements in the main hall of a noble Japanese residence).
Similarly, the calligraphic scroll is placed in
tokonoma, the alcove in the guest room or in chashitsu, the tea room, which is the most important spot in the traditional Japanese home or in the tea house; the reason is that both the host and the guest should be able to participate in the spiritual encounter fostered by the "painting of the mind":
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 (page 58).
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.
In the third chapter he explores the relation of houses to versions of nature found in gardens, noting the bringing of flowers into the dwelling with the invention of the
tokonoma in the Muromachi period, and describing the cultural role of flowers in Edo life.
Crossing the threshold he encountered the
tokonoma or alcove that is positioned to greet all who enter.
Albi is conjuring up concepts like the new Molecules and
Tokonoma lighting lines and hiring Bezalel graduates and other young designers to realize them in-house.
A hanging scroll is placed in the tea room's
tokonoma, or alcove, together with an incense container and a vase.