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Definition of Kakemonos
1. kakemono [n] - See also: kakemono
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kakemonos
Literary usage of Kakemonos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arts of the World: Comparative Art Studies by Edwin Swift Balch (1920)
"For instance, there are several supposedly Japanese kakemonos, which are said to
... After this, Japanese kakemonos of Buddhist subjects become increasingly ..."
2. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan Including the Whole Empire from Saghalien by John Murray (Firm), Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason (1907)
"The other chief contents are screens, kakemonos, ancient manuscripts, swords,
armour, masks, musical instruments, coins, Imperial robes and miscellaneous ..."
3. Comparative Art by Edwin Swift Balch (1906)
"In two kakemonos of cranes by Tosa Mitsunobu, 1434-1526, the birds are well drawn,
but, as there is nothing else on the silk, ..."
4. Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese by William Anderson (1886)
"A set of three kakemonos, on silk, painted in colours. ... Pair of kakemonos, on
paper, painted in colours. Size, 39^ X 19', Chinese landscapes. ..."
5. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The gorgeous mandaras are worth looking at, as well as the wall-pictures of Shaka
and the Rakan. Three companion kakemonos of Shaka, Monju, and Fugen date ..."
6. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan: Including the Whole Empire from Yezo to by Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, John Murray (Firm) (1901)
"Ancient coloured scrolls and kakemonos. 13. Buddhistic ditto. 14. ... Ancient
kakemonos, scrolls, and manuscripts. 16. Ancient Buddhist images. ..."
7. The Empire of the East: A Simple Account of Japan as it Was, Is, and Will be by Helen Barrett Montgomery (1909)
"I have referred to kakemonos, those wall pictures which are such a pleasing
feature of the simple decoration of Japanese houses. ..."
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