似絵にせえ

noun

nise-e; Kamakura-period portrait style

Historical art term for a realistic portrait style popular in court circles during the Kamakura period. Often used in handscrolls and picture scrolls.

• 似絵にせえは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの宮きゅう廷ていで流りゅう行こうした肖しょう像ぞう画がの様よう式しきである。

  Nise-e is a portrait style that was popular in the imperial court during the Kamakura period.

• この絵え巻まきには、当とう時じの貴き族ぞくを描えがいた似絵にせえがいくつも含ふくまれている。

  This picture scroll contains several nise-e portraits depicting aristocrats of the time.