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makimono

American

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

noun

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.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of makimono

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

Example Sentences

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

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances

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