Ebumi - Ebumi

Japanese: 絵踏 - えぶみ

〘 noun 〙 In the Edo period, people were forced to step on pictures of Mary or Jesus Christ to prove that they were not Christians or to confirm that they had converted from Christianity. Fumi-e. Season: Spring * Haikai, Hirohara Kai (1703), 19 "E-fumi to find out the number of lame people in the administration" * Haikai, Haikai Saijiki Shiorisou (1851), Spring "E-fumi: Gozan Remains, Hizen Nagasaki, Goto, Omura, Hirado, here, regardless of gender, we step on pictures"

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Japanese:

〘名〙江戸時代、キリスト教徒でないことを証明させるため、またはキリシタンからの転宗を確かめるために、マリアやキリストの絵像を踏ませたこと。踏み絵。《季・春》※俳諧・広原海（1703）一九「支配所の跛(ちんば)の数も知る絵踏」※俳諧・俳諧歳時記栞草（1851）春「絵踏五山遺稿、肥前長崎・五島・大村・平戸、この処にて、男女に限らず、絵ぶみす」

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