KOJIMA Ryua (1820-1882) studied and conducted research on chemistry and photography with his uncle Iinuma Yokusai, a practitioner of Western medicine, in Ogaki, a castle town in what is now Gifu Prefecture. Around Meiji 3 (1870) he opened the region’s first photography studio in the town Gifu, his hometown. This self-portrait and a photograph of his daughter, Portrait of KOJIMA Towo, are thought to be experimental works dating from before the opening of his studio.
- Collection of
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- Title
- Portrait of Kojima Ryua
- Original title
- 小島柳蛙像
- Artist Name
- KOJIMA Ryua
- Year
- 1865-1868
- Material / Technique
- Ambrotype
- Dimensions
- 105x80mm
- Accession number
- 10104401
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/44641/
