判はんじ絵え

noun

picture puzzle; rebus

A traditional Japanese puzzle where pictures or symbols represent words or syllables, often used in ukiyo-e prints and popular entertainment.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、判はんじ絵えが庶しょ民みんの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした。

  During the Edo period, picture puzzles were popular among common people.

• この浮うき世よ絵えは判はんじ絵えになっていて、隠かくされた言こと葉ばを当あてる遊あそびです。

  This ukiyo-e print is a rebus, a game of guessing the hidden words.