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Yakusha-e (役者絵), often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints or, rarely, paintings, of kabuki actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603–1867) and into the beginnings of the 20th century. Most strictly, the term yakusha-e refers solely to portraits of individual artists (or…
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| Torii Kiyotada were making prints depicting not only the actors themselves | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| in portraits or in stage scenes | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| but the theaters themselves | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| including the audience | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| architecture | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| and various staging elements.Throughout the 18th century | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| many ukiyo-e artists produced actor prints | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| other depictions of the kabuki world | instance of | artists | 0.80 | text |
| Yakusha-e | related to Development of the form | Over | 0.60 | section |
| Yakusha-e | related to Development of the form | Edo | 0.60 | section |
| Yakusha-e | related to Development of the form | Many | 0.60 | section |
| Yakusha-e | related to Development of the form | Only | 0.60 | section |
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