笑わらい絵え

noun

comic picture; funny illustration

General term for a humorous drawing or cartoon; can be used for any amusing picture.

• この本ほんには江え戸ど時じ代だいの笑わらい絵えがたくさん載のっている。

  This book contains many comic pictures from the Edo period.

noun

shunga; erotic picture

Specifically refers to traditional Japanese erotic art, often from the Edo period; synonymous with 春画.

See also: 春画

• 浮うき世よ絵え師しは笑わらい絵えも多おおく描えがいた。

  Ukiyo-e artists also produced many shunga.