- Names
- 下岡蓮杖
- SHIMOOKA Renjō (index name)
- Shimooka Renjō (display name)
- 下岡蓮杖 (Japanese display name)
- しもおか れんじょう (transliterated hiragana)
- Date of birth
- 1823-03-24
- Birth place
- Izu Province
- Date of death
- 1914-03-03
- Death place
- Tokyo
- Gender
- Male
- Fields of activity
- Photography
Wikipedia
Shimooka Renjō (下岡 蓮杖, March 24, 1823 – March 3, 1914) was a Japanese photographer and was one of the first professional photographers in Japan. He opened the first commercial photography studio in Yokohama, and in Japan he is widely considered the father of Japanese photography.
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- 21979557
- AOW ID
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- 00736498
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- Q1324419
- 2023-02-20