makimono

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

noun, plural ma·ki·mo·nos, ma·ki·mo·no.

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.
Compare kakemono.

Origin of makimono

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

Words nearby makimono

makeyevka, makhachkala, makhlouf, maki, maki-zushi, makimono, making, makings, makkah, makna, mako

Example sentences from the Web for makimono

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

    Chinese Painters |Raphael Petrucci