It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with photography was a photograph of a naked woman.

• Shintoho Pictures
• Naomi Tani
• John Basclin
• Masayoshi Nogami
• Yuki Minami
• Hiroshi Imaizumi
• Yasushi Matsuura
• Katsurō Sakai
• Yūichi Minato