Background
Tsukuba Kitaniwa was born in Edo (now Tokyo). He was the son of an oil dealer. Original surname: Ii.
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Tsukuba Kitaniwa
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also known as
Konosuke
Career
Tsukuba Kitaniwa was a man-about-town in Edo and was notorious for his eccentricities (1871). He operated a photographic studio at Hanayashiki in Asakusa and was noted for original advertisements (1874). Tsukuba was also publisher of a monthly photographic magazine.
