Illustrated handscrolls, emakimono (絵巻物, lit. 'illustrated scroll', also emaki-mono), or emaki (絵巻) is an illustrated horizontal narration system of painted...

literally "Animal Caricatures"), is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, belonging to Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The Chōjū-giga scrolls...

may refer to: Makimono, a horizontal type of Japanese handscroll/scroll Emakimono (lit. "picture scroll"), a horizontal picture scroll Makimono (sushi)...

identify Japanese animation. Emakimono and shadow plays (kage-e) are considered precursors of Japanese animation. Emakimono was common in the eleventh century...

Heiji Ekotoba"; also translated as the "Heiji Rebellion Scrolls") is an emakimono or emaki (painted narrative handscroll) from the second half of the 13th...

and was often depicted as a bird or a child in Japanese literature and Emakimono. Shikigami are conjured beings, made alive through a complex conjuring...

to describe comics produced from animation cels. Manga originated from emakimono (scrolls), Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, dating back to the 12th century. During...

works themselves. The most accredited etymology of the word comes from an emakimono, a type of painted hand scroll, titled "Yamai No Soushi" (Scroll of Illness)...

and the 14th century Ōeyama ekotoba (大江山絵詞) is the oldest surviving emakimono (picture scroll) depicting Shuten-dōji. Shuten-dōji has been regarded...

Shigisan Engi Emaki (信貴山縁起絵巻, lit. "Legend of Mount Shigi Emaki") is an emakimono or emaki (painted narrative handscroll) made in the second half of the...