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Where does “emaki” come from?

emaki (English) comes from Japanese 絵巻 — a picture scroll, a handscroll containing an...

emaki (English): A Japanese picture scroll, a handscroll...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese picture scroll, a handscroll...

Ancestry of “emaki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese絵巻a picture scroll, a handscroll containing an...
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