 Uchida Kuichi

Uchida was adopted at the age of 13, following his father's death, by the physician Matsumoto Jun (formerly Matsumoto Ryōjun) (1832 - 1907), who was at that time studying photography with J. L. C. Pompe van Meerdervoort (1829 - 1908).Uchida studied photography under Ueno Hikoma in their native city of Nagasaki.