落らく書しょ

noun

historical graffiti; anonymous satirical graffiti

Refers to anonymous, often satirical graffiti from pre-modern Japan, especially from the Heian period onward. Not used for modern spray-paint graffiti.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの落らく書しょには、政せい治じを風ふう刺しするものが多おおかった。

  Many of the graffiti from the Heian period satirized politics.

noun

scribble; scrawl; graffiti

Modern sense: careless writing or drawing, often on walls or public surfaces. The spelling 落書き is more common for this meaning, read as らくがき.

See also: 落書き

• 壁かべに落らく書がきをするのはやめてください。

  Please don't scribble on the walls.

• トイレの落らく書がきを消けすのが大たい変へんだった。

  It was a hassle to clean off the graffiti in the restroom.