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2023.6

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Portrait of Empress Consort Haruko

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Artist

Uchida Kuichi (Nagasaki, Japan, 1844 – 1875)

Title

Portrait of Empress Consort Haruko

Creation Date

1872

Century

19th century

Dimensions

8 x 6 in. (20.32 x 15.24 cm)

Object Type

photograph

Creation Place

Asia, Japan

Medium and Support

albumen print on paper

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Gridley W. Tarbell II Fund

Copyright

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Accession Number

2023.6

Object Description

Per Swann's Catalogue: Empress Haruko is dressed in ancient ceremonial court dress. She was the mother of Emperor Taisho and grandmother of Hirohito. The Imperial Household Agency chose Uchida, one of the most renowned photographers in Japan at the time, as the only artist permitted to photograph the Meiji Emperor in 1872 and again in 1873, and the first ever to photograph any emperor. Uchida established his reputation making portraits of samurai loyal to the ruling Tokugawa shogunate.

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