絵え巻まき

noun

picture scroll; illustrated handscroll

Refers to a horizontal narrative scroll combining painting and text, a classic Japanese art form. Often used in the compound 絵巻物 (emakimono).

• この絵え巻まきは平へい安あん時じ代だいの物もの語がたりを描えがいている。

  This picture scroll depicts a tale from the Heian period.

• 美び術じゅつ館かんで有ゆう名めいな絵え巻まきを見みた。

  I saw a famous picture scroll at the art museum.