1850s to 1890s

Modern Japanese Empresses in Photography  写真で見る近代日本の皇后たち

Modern Japanese Empresses in Photography
写真で見る近代日本の皇后たち

Alison Miller traces the early history of photographic representations of Japanese Empresses Shōken and Teimei.

Women and Portrait Photography in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Japan  19世紀後半から20世紀初頭の日本と女性、そしてポートレート写真
Ainu Representation and Gender in Japanese Photography  日本の写真におけるアイヌの表象とジェンダー

Ainu Representation and Gender in Japanese Photography
日本の写真におけるアイヌの表象とジェンダー

Christina Spiker examines representations of Indigenous Ainu women in 19th-century Japanese photography.