Shini-e

, also called "death pictures" or "death portraits", are Japanese woodblock prints, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603–1867) and into the beginnings of the 20th century. When a kabuki actor died, memorial portraits were conventionally published with his farewell poem and posthumous name. Memorial portraits were created by ukiyo-e artists to honor a colleague or former teacher who had died. In Osaka, the death of a prominent kabuki actor could prompt several artists to issue commemorative shini-e or tsuizen-e prints simultaneously. Following the death of Arashi Kitsusaburō I in September 1821, for example, several of Osaka's leading print designers issued such prints to mark his career and death.

, also called "death pictures" or "death portraits", are Japanese woodblock prints, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603–1867) and into the beginnings of the 20th century. When a kabuki actor died, memorial portraits were conventionally published with his farewell poem and posthumous name. Memorial portraits were created by ukiyo-e artists to honor a colleague or former teacher who had died. In Osaka, the death of a prominent kabuki actor could prompt several artists to issue commemorative shini-e or tsuizen-e prints simultaneously. Following the death of Arashi Kitsusaburō I in September 1821, for example, several of Osaka's leading print designers issued such prints to mark his career and death. ==Gallery== File:Memorial Portrait of Hiroshige, by Kunisada.jpg|Hiroshige by Kunisada, 1858 File:Kunisada shini e.jpg|Kunisada by Toyohara Kunichika, 1864 File:Yōshū Chikanobu Iwai Hanshiro VIII.jpg|Iwai Hanshirō VIII, by Toyohara Chikanobu 1882 File:Memorial print of an actor (shini-e) - Utagawa Kunihiro - 97-1996-2.jpg|alt=A print commemorating Ichikawa Ebijuro I who is depicted here as a samurai character.|Ichikawa Ebijuro I by Utagawa Kunihiro, 1827. ==See also== List of ukiyo-e terms ==References== ==Bibliography== Keyes, Roger S. and Keiko Mizushima. (1973). The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints: a Collection of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Japanese woodblock Prints in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. OCLC 186356770 Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints. Amsterdam : Hotei. ; OCLC 61666175

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