Shimooka Renjō

Shimooka Renjō
下岡 蓮杖
Born
Sakurada Hisanosuke

March 24, 1823
DiedMarch 3, 1914(1914-03-03) (aged 90)
NationalityJapanese

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.