Definitions

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  • noun A kind of Japanese woodblock print, privately commissioned for special occasions such as the New Year.

Etymologies

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Japanese 摺物?, literally "printed thing".

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Examples

  • Robinson informs me that this year the Johnson will exhibit Japanese "surimono" in November - prints even rarer than those prized Views of Mount Fuji because they were commissioned individually.

    Stories from The Sun 2008

  • At intervals, surimono-Japanese prints from the 1700s that had originally been greeting cards-were hung in gilt frames.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

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