tokonoma

recessed space in Japanese reception room
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Summary

tokonoma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tokonoma is a type of alcove[2].
  • tokonoma is a type of zashikikazari[3].
  • tokonoma is part of washitsu[4].
  • tokonoma's Commons category is recorded as Tokonoma[5].
  • tokonoma comprises otoshigake[6].
  • tokonoma comprises tokobashira[7].
  • tokonoma's partially coincident with is recorded as alcove[8].
  • tokonoma's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '床の間'}[9].
  • tokonoma's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '床'}[10].
  • tokonoma's connects with is recorded as hira-shoin[11].
  • tokonoma's connects with is recorded as tsuke-shoin[12].
  • tokonoma's connects with is recorded as dashi-fuzukue[13].
  • tokonoma's contains is recorded as kakemono[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include alcove[2] and zashikikazari[3].

Use and Application

Components include otoshigake[6], a housing in Japan[15] and tokobashira[7]. tokonoma is part of washitsu[4].

Why It Matters

tokonoma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month).[1] tokonoma has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] tokonoma is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Architecture and Building (2nd edition). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · 日巫女 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → shinto:Tokonoma
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'i
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fandom article id: shinto:Tokonoma, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289712|batch #289712]]"
  2. 11w ago · Hirho · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → alcove
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Partially coincident with: alcove"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Has part(s) → otoshigake, tokobashira
    Part of → washitsu
    Has parts → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538927805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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