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笑い絵 (waraie) Japanese meaning: comic picture | Kotomora
じ 字
Kanji 絵 picture, drawing, painting Related words 春しゅん 画が More formal and specific term for traditional Japanese erotic art; 笑い絵 is a colloquial synonym with a lighter nuance.
漫まん 画が Modern term for comics or cartoons; 笑い絵 is an older, broader term for humorous pictures, not necessarily narrative.
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This book contains many comic pictures from the Edo period.
Ukiyo-e artists also produced many shunga.
笑わら う
Etymology Compound of 笑い (warai, 'laugh') and 絵 (e, 'picture'). The term originally referred to any amusing picture, but by the Edo period it became a common euphemism for erotic art.
