These are artistic portraits from the imperial era. Most are those of emperors, but non- emperors are included as well.They are arranged according to style, not chronologically. The last two rows contain the only photographs. Contents Imperial Portraits Woodblock Prints Foreign Visitors Philosophers and Legendary Figures Court Portraits Hongwu Emperor, Founder of the Ming Dynasty Album of Portraits of 86 Emperors of China Yuan Dynasty Thirteen Emperors Scroll Cixi Puyi, The Last Emperor of China SEE Also: Exploring Chinese History :: Politics :: List of Emperors Exploring Chinese History :: Biographical Database :: Imperial China- (?- 1644) Exploring Chinese History :: Biographical Database :: Qing Era- (1644- 1912)
These are artistic portraits from the imperial era. Most are those of emperors, but non- emperors are included as well.They are arranged according to style, not chronologically. The last two rows contain the only photographs.