Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
The place adjacent to an alcove *tokonoma 床の間, where various types of shelves are constructed. Examples include: 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 space. Tokowaki are especially common tea ceremony rooms *chashitsu 茶室 of the shoin style *shoin-zukuri 書院造.