kakemono
- n a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom
- The oriental stamp of his "Hashimura Togo" sketches has reappeared from time to time in burlesque kakemono (Japanese scroll pictures) which he prepares for the New Yorker, of .
- One kakemono is stylizedpainted strictly according to Japanese convention.
- Because the individual window shades are not unlike ancient Japanese kakemono paintings, Hilaire Hiler has called the whole contraption a Hilermono.