Word: tokonoma
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...decorations in the tokonoma—a small alcove in the tearoom used to display objects such as burning incense and flower arrangements—the group’s teacher, Aiko Rodgers Somi, explains some of the intricate details of the ceremony. For example, the calligraphy in the tokonoma corresponds with the season; because September is the moon month in Japan, it reads, “Moonlight shining on pine...
...understand what Zen art is see the Museum of Fine Arts Zen show first. Then you can observe the Zen in context of other Oriental art at the Fogg show. The MFA has captured the spirit of the Oriental. Like the Japanese who hang a single painting in the tokonoma (a small alcove in the house), the MFA has hung a single aspect of Oriental art: Zen art. The Fogg has taken a Western perspective and shown the Oriental from prehistoric times through the 19th century...
...always return to the scene of their birth-so good Japanese believe. Last week the 8th Hirosaki Division was assembling under orders from the Emperor for duty in Manchuria. In hundreds of well-to-do Japanese homes parents hung long silken kakemono (scroll paintings) of wild ducks in the tokonoma* as tokens to bring their sons safely home again. Those who could afford it hung duck paintings by the man whom conservative Japanese regard as the greatest living wild fowl painter: Tetsuzan Hori, head of the Tokyo and Kyoto Fine Art Schools, one of the last exponents of the ancient...
...tokonoma or Corner of Honor is a small niche in one corner of the traditional Japanese parlor. Always before the tokonoma is a vase of flowers; in it hangs a single picture, generally the only picture in the house. The picture in the tokonoma is changed weekly or monthly according to the extent of the owner's collection...
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