Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Meiji, Emperor of Japan NPG P1700(71a)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Edoardo Chiossone

Emperor Mutsuhito was the 122nd Emperor of Japan. He reigned at a time when Japan was rapidly evolving from a feudal state to a capitalist and imperial world power defined by the Japanese industrial revolution. The son of Emperor Komei and his concubine Nakayama Yoshiko, the young prince was given the name Schinomiya or Prince Sachi. On August 16, 1860, he was proclaimed heir to the throne, and was formally adopted by his father's consort. Later that year on November 11, he was proclaimed as... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.