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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)

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)

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)