expression, ichidan verb
hang a scroll picture
Refers specifically to hanging a 掛け軸 (kakejiku), a vertical hanging scroll, typically in a tokonoma alcove.
See also: 掛け軸
床の間に軸を掛ける。
I hang a scroll in the tokonoma.
Standard kanji spelling for this expression.
Kana spelling of the verb part; common in everyday writing.
掛け軸 is the hanging scroll itself, while 軸を掛ける is the action of hanging it.
Compound of 軸 (jiku, 'scroll') + を (wo, object marker) + 掛ける (kakeru, 'to hang'). The expression is transparently derived from its components.