Hashika-e is a kind of ukiyo-e, also called hoso-e, and acts as a talisman to prevent smallpox and, at the same time, it was a secular painting that depicted the situation of the public who were worried of the epidemic.
はしか絵は疱瘡絵とも呼ばれる浮世絵の1種で、天然痘を防ぐ護符としての役割をもつとともに、流行に混乱する人々の状況を描く世俗画でもあった。