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踏み絵
1. fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trampleHistorical term
2. allegiance test; loyalty test
3. Fumi-eA fumi-e (踏み絵, fumi "stepping-on" + e "picture") was a likeness of Jesus or Mary upon which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step on in order to prove that they were not members of that outlawed religion. The use of fumi-e began with the persecution of Christians in Nagasaki in 1629.
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踏絵 【ふみえ】
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