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Ukai Gyokusen

Japanese photographer

Fame39.5
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Wikipedia263

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Lived 1807–1887, aged 80Japan

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1807–1887
Aged 80

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Updated 2026-07-20

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.

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Ukai Gyokusen
wikipedia · de.wikipedia.org
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اكاى جيوكوسين
wikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
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Ukay Qyokusen
wikipedia · az.wikipedia.org
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