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

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

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

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

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

There was a tiny copy of the sutras on a tiny reading-desk, and tiny screens and bells and kakemono.

From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Hearn, Lafcadio