Death painting - Shinie

Japanese: 死絵 - しにえ

A type of ukiyo-e woodblock print. When a popular actor, novelist, painter, or other person died, they would be depicted on their way to the afterlife or reciting their death poem, satisfying the feelings of longing from their fans. This style began in the Edo period around the Kansei era and continued until the Meiji era. In the margins of the painting, a brief biography, date of death, posthumous name, gravesite, and other information are written, as well as a death poem or memorial poem (mostly kyoka or kyoku). Most of them are of kabuki actors, and there are said to be over 100 types of shini-e of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, who committed suicide.

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Japanese:

浮世絵版画の一種。人気のあった俳優や小説家，画家などが死亡した時，死出の道中姿や辞世をよむ姿を描いて，ファンの追慕の情を満たしたもので，江戸時代，寛政のころに始まり明治まで続いた。画面の余白に略歴・没年月日・戒名・墓所などのほか，辞世や追善の歌や句（おおむね狂歌・狂句の類）が記されている。ほとんどが歌舞伎役者のもので，なかでも自殺した８世市川團十郎の死絵は100種を越えたという。

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