踏み絵 ふみえ fumi-e #12,267 Meanings also 踏絵 noun, historical fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample allegiance test; loyalty test Its kanji 踏 トウ · ふ.む、ふ.まえる step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment 絵 カイ、エ picture, drawing, painting, sketch