File:Empress Consort Haruko.jpg

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Author	Uchida Kuichi  (1844–1875)     Alternative names K(y)uichi Uchida; Kuichi Uchida Description Japanese photographer Date of birth/death 1844  17 February 1875  Location of birth/death Nagasaki  Surugadai  Work period 1860 –1875  Authority file : Q509907 VIAF: 65191026 ISNI: 0000000019744342 LCCN: no2021147057 GND: 133259927 BNF: 16640077f WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q509907
Description	English: Portrait of Empress Consort Haruko (posthumously known as Empress Shoken, consort of Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1872. Uchida Kuichi was the only photographer granted a sitting by the Emperor Meiji and in 1872 Uchida photographed the Emperor and Empress Haruko in full court dress and everyday robes (Kinoshita; Ishii and Iizawa).
Date	1872 date QS:P571,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	Albumen silver print
Source	The Cleveland Museum of Art user:Pinkville
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