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Author
Uchida Kuichi  (1844–1875)  wikidata:Q509907
 
Alternative names
K(y)uichi Uchida; Kuichi Uchida
Description Japanese photographer
Date of birth/death 1844 Edit this at Wikidata 17 February 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nagasaki Edit this at Wikidata Surugadai Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1860 Edit this at Wikidata–1875 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q509907
Description

Portrait of the Emperor Meiji. Albumen silver print.

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. In 1873, Uchida again photographed the Emperor, who this time wore military dress, and a photograph from this sitting became the official imperial portrait (Ishii and Iizawa). Copies of the official portrait were distributed among foreign heads of state and Japanese regional governmental offices, but their private sale was prohibited. Nevertheless, many copies of the photograph were made and circulated on the market.
Date 1873
date QS:P571,+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source The Cleveland Museum of Art(Kinoshita). Published in the Japanese book, Meiji Tenno gyoden (Tokyo: Kaneo Bun'endo, 1912)
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References

  • Bennett, Terry. 'Early Japanese Images' (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1996), p. 54; p. 132, fig. 128; p. 144, fig. 128.
  • Canadian Centre for Architecture; Collections Online, s.v. "Portrait of Meiji"
  • Ishii, Ayako, and Kotaro Iizawa. 'Chronology'. In 'The History of Japanese Photography' (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2003), 314.
  • Kinoshita, Naoyuki. 'The Early Years of Japanese Photography'. In 'The History of Japanese Photography' (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2003), 27-28.
  • Nagasaki University Library; Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period, "Portrait of Emperor Meiji (3)" , [cited 11 August 2003]
  • Tucker, Anne Wilkes, et al. 'The History of Japanese Photography' (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2003), p. 54, pl. 29.
  • Worswick, Clark. "The Disappearance of Uchida, Kyuichi and the Discovery of Nineteenth-Century Asian Photography." 'Image', vol. 36, nos. 1-2 (Spring-Summer 1993), p. 16, fig. 1; p. 30, fig. 10.
  • Worswick, Clark. 'Japan: Photographs 1854-1905' (New York: Pennwick/Alfred A. Knopf, 1979), p. 41, repr; pp. 136, 147.

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Public domain

The author died in 1875, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Emperor Meiji in 1873

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Emperor Meiji

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80 millimetre

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