Royalty
MEIJI
(Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912, Meiji the Great, 122nd Emperor of Japan) and his wife EMPRESS SHÖKEN (1849-1914, born Masako Ichijö, daughter of Tadaka Ichijö, Minister of the Left)
Fine pair of Original unsigned Albument Portrait Photos
showing them both full length, he is seated in a finely decorated uniform jacket and white trousers with his sword at his side and his hat on the table next to him, she is standing wearing a formal kimono with a large fan in front of her, each 6 x 4, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1872
£475
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Background
Meiji was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 3 February 1867 until his death on 30 July 1912. He presided over the Meiji period, a time of rapid change that witnessed the Empire of Japan rapidly transform from an isolationist feudal state to an industrialised world power. He married in 1869 and these photos come from the early part of his reign
Stock No. 40091
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