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).
This picture scroll depicts a tale from the Heian period.
I saw a famous picture scroll at the art museum.
The curator gently unrolled the old picture scroll.
A magnificent panorama was unfolding on the battlefield.
This film is a vivid panorama depicting the turmoil of the late Edo period.
volume (of a book); reel (of film) · scroll; roll (of paper, etc.)
Compound of 絵 (e, 'picture') and 巻 (maki, 'scroll'). The reading えまき is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 絵 and the kun'yomi of 巻.