戯ざれ絵え

noun

humorous picture; playful drawing

A picture drawn for fun or as a joke; a rare, somewhat old-fashioned term. Modern Japanese more often uses 戯画 (ぎが) or いたずら書き.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「戯ざれ絵え」という語ごが出でてくるが、今いまではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The word 戯絵 appears in old documents, but it is hardly used today.