yakusha-e

Also known as actor print

right|thumb|250px|Sharaku; The Kabuki actors Bando Zenji (on the left, in the role of [[Benkei) and Sawamura Yodogoro II (on the right, as Yoshitsune), in the play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune of the Thousand Cherry-Trees); 1794, fifth month.]] right|250px|thumb|Utagawa Toyokuni; The Kabuki actor Onoe Eisaburo I; c. 1800. 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.