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makimono

[ mah-kuh-moh-noh; Japanese mah-kee-maw-naw ]

noun

, plural ma·ki·mo·nos, ma·ki·mo·no.
  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of makimono1

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

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Example Sentences

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

The closed makimono,” he cryptically retorted, “is the symbol of wisdom.

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