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しにえ 死絵
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1. death portrait; shini-e; ukiyo-e print depicting someone in their final moments​Art, aesthetics, Historical term
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2. 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 shini-e 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.
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