kakemono

American  

[kah-kuh-moh-noh, kah-ke-maw-naw] / ˌkɑ kəˈmoʊ noʊ, ˈkɑ kɛˈmɔ nɔ /

noun

plural

kakemonos, kakemono

1. a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.

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kakemono British  

/ ˌkækɪˈməʊnəʊ /

noun

1. a Japanese paper or silk wall hanging, usually long and narrow, with a picture or inscription on it and a roller at the bottom

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Etymology

Origin of kakemono

1885–90; < Japanese, equivalent to kake ( y ) to hang ( kakebuton ) + mono thing

Example Sentences

Waterfowls in Lotus Pond is also a kakemono, or hanging scroll, mounted on silk, that shows the development of Japanese art into the early 17th century.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because the individual window shades are not unlike ancient Japanese kakemono paintings, Hilaire Hiler has called the whole contraption a Hilermono.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other kakemono is realistic, and proves that Kyosai was a sharp-eyed son of Japan's feudal age, which was, like Europe's, an age of falconry.

From Time Magazine Archive

One kakemono is stylized�painted strictly according to Japanese convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

We were ushered into a Japanese room, beautiful proportions, a lovely kakemono in the alcove—it’s a scroll, not a kimono—and a five-legged little table made of metal with mother-of-pearl inlay.

From Letters from China and Japan by Dewey, John