踏み絵

踏絵

Reading

Kana: ふみえ

Romaji: fumie

Definition

noun

1

tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample

Kanji

踏

Readings: トウ、 ふ.む、 ふ.まえる

Meanings: step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment

絵

Readings: カイ、 エ

Meanings: picture, drawing, painting, sketch