Illustrated handscrolls, emakimono (絵巻物, lit. 'illustrated scroll'; also emaki-mono), or emaki (絵巻) is an illustrated horizontal narration system of painted handscrolls that dates back to Nara-period (710–794 CE) Japan. Initially copying their much older Chinese counterparts in style, during the succeeding Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura periods...
