, 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. Gallery 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 External links Viewing shini-e "Shini-e: the Performance of Death in Japanese Kabuki Actor Prints" Kuniyoshi project: Shini-e Ukiyo-e genres Japanese words and phrases