On origins and uses over the first millennium -- Inscribing the artist and the collector : the picture-scroll in the Song-Liao-Jin period -- Handscrolls in Mongol palaces -- Musing on shadows : ...
The word “handscroll” in Chinese consists of the characters “hand” and “scroll,” which best describe the manner of viewing this structure. The handscroll is made up of a long, horizontal sheet of ...