Portraits of the Imperial Family
Subtitle: The Beginning of the Album of the Meiji Imperial Household
By: Kanagawa Museum of History
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kanagawa
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 145
Other titles: O-ke no Shozo :
Notes: 165 color and 180 b/w illustrations.

In the wake of the Meiji Restoration came the influx of Western technology, including photography. This exhibition examines the role of photography in general and portraiture, in particular the creation of modern imperial portrait.