Tokonoma alcove

A tokonoma is a decorative alcove within a room. The large wooden fish is known as a mokugyo, It is used during Buddhist rituals usually involving the recitation of sutras, mantras, or other Buddhist texts. The two large bells are called kesu.

Welch, Claude Emerson

State University of New York at Buffalo

2000-03

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Japanese

Kyoto, Japan

Welch-Ludwig Collection

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