Nise-e are realistic portrayals of courtiers and warriors, as well as drawings of armor on cattle and horses for record purposes, painted in the yamato-e style from the mid-13th century to mid-15th century.
似絵とは13世紀中頃から15世紀中頃にかけて、写生的で記録性の強い大和絵系の肖像画や牛馬具足などの図を似絵（にせえ）と呼んだ。