Meiji Emperor
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R031 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 031
- General
- According to Henry and Nancy Rosin, this photographic print was probably reprinted by another photographer in this format, a not uncommon practice.
- Creator
- Uchida Kuichi, Photographer, 1844-1875
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- Names
- Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912
- Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Collection Creator
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
- Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Nancy
- Collection Creator
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Underwood & Underwood
- Place
- Asia -- Japan
- Topic
- Photography -- Japan
- Photography -- 19th century
- Creator
- Uchida Kuichi, Photographer, 1844-1875
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Biographical / Historical
- Uchida Kuichi (内田 九一) apprenticed under Ueno Hikoma, and eventually opened photo studios in Yokohama, Tokyo and Osaka. He is credited as taking one of the first photographs of the Emperor Meiji and his consort.
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic print, hand coloring, 24.3 x 19.1 cm.)
- Date
- [1872 or 1873]
- Container
- Box 6, Item R031
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 031
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- Albumen print of the Meiji Emperor in military attire. This is a reprint of Kuichi's original photograph by the studio of Baron Raimund von Stillfried.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104491-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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