絵え踏ぶみ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

trampling on a fumi-e; apostatizing by stepping on a Christian image

Historical practice in Edo-period Japan where suspected Christians were forced to step on a tablet bearing Christian images to prove they had renounced the faith.

See also: 踏み絵

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、キリシタンは絵え踏ぶみを強しいられた。

  In the Edo period, Christians were forced to trample on fumi-e.

• 絵え踏ぶみは棄き教きょうの意い思し表ひょう示じとみなされた。

  Trampling on the fumi-e was regarded as a declaration of apostasy.

noun

allegiance test; loyalty test

Figurative extension of the historical practice; used for any situation where someone is forced to prove their loyalty or true beliefs, often under pressure.

See also: 踏み絵

• その質しつ問もんは、まるで絵え踏ぶみのような忠ちゅう誠せい心しんの試ためしだった。

  That question was like a loyalty test, almost a modern-day fumi-e.