Hanging scroll - Kakejiku

Japanese: 掛軸 - かけじく
Hanging scroll - Kakejiku
Also called kakemono, kakeji, or kakehika. A painting or calligraphy is mounted in cloth or paper, attached to a bamboo or wooden scroll, and prepared to be hung in a tokonoma alcove or other space. A vertical scroll is called a tatejiku or johaku, and a horizontal scroll is called a yokohaku. They can be hung as a single scroll, a pair of scrolls (double scrolls), or a triple scroll.

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Japanese:
掛物,掛字,掛幅ともいう。書画を布や紙で表装して竹木などの軸をつけ,床の間などに掛けるように仕立てたもの。縦長のものを縦軸,条幅といい,横長のものを横幅という。独幅,対幅 (双幅) ,三幅対などとして掛ける。

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