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Nov 7, 2009
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Ya•ma•to-e



Pronunciation: (yä'mä-tô-e'), [key]
n. Japanese.
a narrative style of painting developed from the 12th to the 14th century, characterized chiefly by continuous illustrations often executed on long scrolls.

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