写し絵

うつしえ

Also written 映し絵

Meanings

1. Noun sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real life
2. magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; shadowgraph
3. mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depiction

Kanji

• 写 copy. Read as うつし.
• 絵 picture. Read as エ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists