Painted portrait of Tokugawa Iemochi
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: R452 (Rosin Number)

 FSA A1999.35 452
label: General
content: Handwritten on verso: "Late Emperor of Japan. 1873." Stamped on verso: "Renjio, Yokohama," and imprint.
name: label: Photographer
content: Shimooka, Renjō, 1823-1914
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
label: Photographer
content: Shimooka, Renjō, 1823-1914
label: Collection Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Collection Creator
content: Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
label: Collection Creator
content: Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
label: Collection Creator
content: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
label: Collection Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
label: Collection Creator
content: Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
label: Collection Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: Japan -- Kings and rulers
label: Place
content: Japan -- Description and Travel
creator: label: Photographer
content: Shimooka, Renjō, 1823-1914
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Generally thought of as the father of Japanese photography, Shimooka Renjo was born in Shimoda, Japan, in 1823. In 1843 he secured an apprenticeship with artist Kano Tosan in Tokyo. Inspired by a daguerreotype he saw in 1844, Shimooka decided to learn more about photography. Shimooka learned the basics of photography from Henry Heusken, the interpreter to the American counsel, Townsend Harris. Shimooka moved to Yokohama in 1859. In Yokohama, Shimooka received formal training in photography and purchased photographic equipment and in 1862 opened his first studio. Apprentices at Shimooka's studio included Yokoyama Matsusaburo, Usui Shusaburo, Esaki Reiji, and Suzuiki Shin'ichi. Shimooka Renjo died in 1914. [biographical information is from: Bennet, T. (1996). Early Japanese images. Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. ]
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cartes-de-viste (card photographs) (9.6 x 6.2 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1873
container: label: Container
content: Box 24, Item R452
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 452
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Cartes-de-viste (card photographs)
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: Portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Cartes-de-visite. Photograph of a painted portrait of Tokugawa Iemochi (徳川将軍).