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kakemono

[ kah-kuh-moh-noh; Japanese kah-ke-maw-naw ]

noun

, plural ka·ke·mo·nos, ka·ke·mo·no.
  1. a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.


kakemono

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kakemono1

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

Origin of kakemono1

C19: from Japanese, from kake hanging + mono thing
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Example Sentences

Above the low dais in the tokonoma, or place of honour, there hung a single and very ancient kakemono, representing Kwannon, the thousand-handed; and under it, upon the dais, stood in a lacquered sword-rack, a dirk in its silken case.

Kakemono, kak-e-mō′nō, n. a Japanese wall-picture or decoration, painted on silk, gauze, or paper, and mounted on cylindrical rods.

Every time you speak the name, the emptiness of my life stands before me like a royal Kakemono all covered with unliving people.

K Kachi, 304 Kaempfer, Engelhardt, 284 Kaga, province, 293, 299, 303 Kagoshima, 233, 387 Kakemono, 249 Kamako, Nakatomi.

The Kakemono would be the chosen ones having some signification of felicity.

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