Ichiki Shirō
Ichiki • Illustration — Ichiki's daguerreotype of Shimazu Nariakira, the earliest surviving Japanese photograph January 29, 1828 – February 12, 1903 was a pioneering Japanese photographer. Ichiki was born in Satsuma Province (now Kagoshima Prefecture) in Kyūshū on 24 December 1828. He excelled in the study of topics related to gunpowder production in the Takashima-ryū school of gunnery.
Also recorded as Ichiki Shiro · Ichiki Shirou
Ichiki Shirō
Ichiki Shirō · various, including http: and Anne Tucker et al., The History of Japanese Photography. Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0300099258 · Public domain
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- 1829 · Satsuma Domain.
- Died
- 1903
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer · historian · artillerist
- Fields
- history of Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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Born at Satsuma Domain in 1829, died in 1903.
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A daguerreotype of Shimazu Nariakira, taken by Ichiki Shirō (1828 - 1903)
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