Nigao-e

Nigao-e(似顔絵；にがおえ）is a kind of portrait, a drawing or a printed article which illustrates some person's face very likely. In Japanese "nigao" means a likeliness to a person's face; "e"　（絵） means a drawing.

Many kinds of Nigao-e were made by Ukiyo-e artists, such as actors or beautiful women. In later periods drawings which are not Ukiyo-e also became to be called "Nigao-e" in Japan.

Ukiyo-e

• Category:Ukiyo-e artists

other Nigao-e

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  肖像写真
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  島村抱月似顔絵
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  肖像写真
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  Talcott Parsons
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  肖像写真
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  似顔絵描き
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  似顔絵描き
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  Susumu-Tonegawa