Definitions
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- noun A kind of
Japanese woodblock print , privatelycommissioned for special occasions such as theNew Year .
Etymologies
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Japanese 摺物?, literally "printed thing".
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Examples
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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
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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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