Mutsuhito y Haruko, emperador y emperatriz japoneses, impresiones de medios tonos, 1900 - Ilustración de stock

Mutsuhito (1852 - 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan. Reigning from 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. His reign is associated with the Meiji Restoration, a series of rapid changes that witnessed Japan's transformation from an isolationist, feudal state to an industrialized world power. Right side the Japanese Empress Shoken (Haruko, 1849-1914), wife of Emperor Meiji Mutsuhito. Halftone prints after photographs (1873), published in 1900.