makimono

American  

[mah-kuh-moh-noh, mah-kee-maw-naw] / ˌmɑ kəˈmoʊ noʊ, ˈmɑ kiˌmɔ nɔ /

noun

makimonos, plural makimono plural

1. a horizontal hand scroll containing either text or a captioned painting, intended to be viewed as it is unrolled from right to left, one segment at a time.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• makimono
  plural
• makimonos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of makimono

1880–85; < Japanese, equivalent to maki wind + mono thing

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

makimono makimonos

These are the two forms best known under their Japanese names of kakemono and makimono.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances

Most of their work was executed on the walls, ceilings, and sliding screens of the Buddhist temples, but some of it still exists in kakemonos, or wall pictures, and makimonos, or scroll pictures.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

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 Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)

Many of these are superb specimens of art, and the same remark may be made in reference to the makimonos, or scroll pictures.

From The Empire of the East by Montgomery, H. B. (Helen Barrett)