kakemono
noun
a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.
kakemonos
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pluralof kakemono.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The work of the old painters of Japan, as it appears on kakemonos and makimonos, is now rare.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
Their highly polished floors and passages, she remarks, looked like still water, the kakemonos, or wall pictures, on their side-walls were extremely beautiful, and their mats were very fine and white.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
The author and publisher have had the generous co-operation of many famous collectors, and the thirty illustrations include many exquisite reproductions of some of the most perfect kakemonos in Europe.
From Law and Laughter by George A. (George Alexander) Morton
Well, we make him the old one;” and here Inchie gave me an exact description of how they make the old kakemonos.
From Japan A Record in Colour by Dorothy Menpes
They were all open in front; their highly-polished floors and passages looked like still water; the kakemonos, or wall-pictures, on their side-walls were extremely beautiful; and their mats were very fine and white.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
