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2. Hanging scroll - Wikipedia

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   Hanging scroll. A hanging scroll is one of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit East Asian painting and calligraphy. They are different from handscrolls, which are narrower and designed to be viewed flat on a table. Hanging scrolls are generally intended to be displayed for short periods of time, after which they are rolled up and ...

3. Kakemono - Wikipedia

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   A kakemono (掛物, "hanging thing"), more commonly referred to as a kakejiku (掛軸, "hung scroll"), is a Japanese hanging scroll used to display and exhibit paintings and calligraphy inscriptions and designs mounted usually with silk fabric edges on a flexible backing, so that it can be rolled for storage. The "Maruhyōsō" style of kakejiku ...

4. Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Wikipedia

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   Hanging Gardens of Babylon. This hand-coloured engraving, probably made in the 19th century after the first excavations in the Assyrian capitals, depicts the fabled Hanging Gardens, with the Tower of Babel in the background. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture.

5. Miho Museum - Wikipedia

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   Two of the hanging scrolls were made by cutting out sections of the emakimono (picture scroll) Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga and reworking them into hanging scrolls. The other is a hanging scroll from the Masuda family's emakimono Jigoku zoshi , which was cut out and reworked into hanging scrolls. [16]

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7. Pichhwai - Wikipedia

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   Pichhwai. Pichhwai (also pichwai, pichhavai, pichhvai, pechhavai etc), literally meaning 'that which hangs from the back' from the Sanskrit words "Pichh" means back and "wais" means hanging, are large devotional Hindu painted pictures, normally on cloth, which portray Krishna. [ 2] They are mainly made to hang in Hindu temples of the Pushtimarg ...