Summary

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 GND: 133259927 BNF: 16640077f KulturNav: 6f0aee1b-6885-4a3b-84f6-26c83d4fb361 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)
Other versions	This file has an extracted image: Meiji Emperor (cropped).jpg. High resolution version

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.

Licensing

	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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