English
kakemono
Kakemono comes from Japanese 掛け物 ‘a hanging scroll’.
- Japanesemodern掛け物kakemono‘a hanging scroll’literally ‘hanging thing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014kakemono
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern掛け物kakemono‘a hanging scroll’literally ‘hanging thing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014kakemono
Earliest quotation: 2014, Francois-Xavier de Vaujany, N. Mitev: “Posters, flyers, and kakemono provisionally displayed in the RA…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 掛け物 (kakemono, literally “hanging thing”).
Every English word from Japanese 掛け物
Today it means
noun A vertical Japanese scroll painting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 掛け物 / kakemono