# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ukai-gyokusen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:55:02.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ukai-gyokusen"
name: "Ukai Gyokusen"
slug: "ukai-gyokusen"
description: "Ukai Gyokusen  was a pioneering Japanese photographer. Although he is much less well known than his contemporaries Shimooka Renjō and Ueno Hikoma, he is important for being the first Japanese professional photographer, having established a photographic studio in Edo in 1860 or 1861."
tagline: "Japanese photographer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/UkaiGyokusen.jpg/330px-UkaiGyokusen.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1807"
deathDate: "1887-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.476134666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukai_Gyokusen"
    title: "Ukai Gyokusen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اكاى جيوكوسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukay_Qyokusen"
    title: "Ukay Qyokusen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B5%9C%E9%A3%BC%E7%8E%89%E5%B7%9D"
    title: "鵜飼玉川"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukai_Gyokusen"
    title: "Ukai Gyokusen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukai_Gyokusen"
    title: "Ukai Gyokusen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704132"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump