Japanese portrait

[hobnails]

Hi guys found this in a car boot fair years ago was wondering if anyonecan tell me who it is many thanks in advance.

 

Chris H

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

https://www.google.co.jp/search?client=safari&hl=ja-jp&q=昭憲皇太后&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LUz9U3MEwqTi9UAjPNispyTbUkspOt9AtS8wtyUoFUUXF-nlVxQX5pceoiVv5nM9Y-a9v0fFb70yWrnk7o28HKCAAbATY_RwAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv6_Sv6L_sAhV8yIsBHfypDDcQmxMoADAHegQIDBAC&biw=414&bih=833&dpr=2

 

The Empress, wife of the Meiji Tenno, I think.

[Baka Gaijin]

Empress Shoken, in the style of the Imperial Court, just post Restoration, your image is taken from this photograph from 1872, I suspect:

 

[hobnails]

Thanks Piers and Malcolm mystery solved