toko-niwa

Updated: January 21, 2026

Such a garden, in a vessel no larger than a fruit-dish, is called koniwa or toko-niwa, and may occasionally be seen in the tokonoma of humble little dwellings so closely squeezed between other structures as to possess no ground in which to cultivate an outdoor garden.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : Second Series