The Imperial Household Agency chose Uchida Kuichi, one of the most renowned photographers in Japan at the time, as the only artist permitted to photograph the Meiji Emperor in 1872 and again in 1873. Up to this point, no emperor had ever been photographed. Uchida established his reputation making portraits of samurai loyal to the ruling Tokugawa shogunate.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Uchida_Kuichi" class="extiw" title="w:en:Uchida Kuichi"><span title="Japanese photographer">Uchida Kuichi</span></a>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/264743">Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 264743)</a>