似顔絵・似顔画|にがおえnigaoe[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounportrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

• Synonym似顔にがおNeutralCovers pictures or photos of a person's face or figure, but is mostly used in the compound 「似顔絵」; the headword itself means specifically a drawing.
• Related似絵にせえWrittenA written, historical art term for the court portrait style of the Kamakura period.
• Related真影しんえいWrittenA written word for a lifelike portrait or photograph, often used to commemorate great figures.
• Related姿絵すがたえWrittenAn old-fashioned word for a picture of a person's face or full figure, seen mainly in ukiyo-e portraits of beauties.
• Related絵姿えすがたWrittenA written, elegant word for a person's figure as shown in a picture; rarely used.

For a drawing of someone's likeness use 「似顔絵」, as in 「似顔絵を描いてもらう」; for a formal portrait say 「肖像画」. 「似絵」 is a Kamakura-period art term, 「真影」 a written word for lifelike portraits or photos, 「姿絵」 and 「絵姿」 old-fashioned.

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1. 人ひとの顔かおを描えがいた絵え。
2. 歌舞伎かぶき役者やくしゃまたは特定とくていの人物じんぶつを描えがいた浮世絵うきよえ。