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 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.