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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.
アリソン・ミラーが、皇后昭憲、貞明の初期の写真表象の歴史をたどります。
Join Alison Miller for an introduction to the photographic representation of two modern Japanese empresses: Shōken (1849-1914) and Teimei (1884-1951). Miller analyzes examples from late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japan, as well as comparative woodblock prints and lithographs from the same era, to demonstrate how photography was critical in fashioning the image of the modern empresses for both domestic and global audiences.
Uchida Kuichi, Haru-ko, The Empress of Japan, 1872, Albumen print, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, www.mfah.org
Suzuki Shin’ichi, Shōken, Empress of Japan, 1889, Printing-out paper print, National Portrait Gallery, London
Kasai Torajirō, The Japanese Imperial Family, 1900, Lithograph, Library of Congress
Kasai Torajirō, Wedding of Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess Kujō Sadako, 1900, Lithograph, Library of Congress
Unknown, Empress Shōken and the Great Torii Gate at the Meiji Shrine, 1920, Lithograph postcard, Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards, Museum of Fine Arts, www.mfa.org
Unknown, Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei, 1900, Lithograph postcard, Collection of Alison Miller