Baron Raimund von Stillfried was an Austrian photographer active in Japan during the 1870s. Marketing to foreign tourists, Stillfried helped shape the late 19^th century perception of Japanese society through his hand-colored studio photography. Born in Komotau, Austro-Hungary in 1839, Stillfried attended the Imperial Marine Academy and the Imperial Military Engineering School before turning away from a military career in favor of painting and travel. He arrived in Japan for the first time in 1864, working with a Dutch silk merchant and the French consulate before setting sail once again, this time to Mexico, where he served Austrian Imperial forces. He returned to Japan in 1868, where he remained until his return to Vienna in 1911. During his tenure in Japan, Stillfried became a highly successful commercial photographer. Though Stillfried had no background in photography, he learned from Wilhelm Burger during Burger’s 1869 visit to Japan, and from Felice Beato, a pioneer of Japanese tourist photography. Stillfried opened his first photography studio, Stillfried & Co, in Yokohama 1871. Four years later, he partnered with Hermann Anderson renamed the business Stillfried & Anderson. The pair expanded the business in 1877 with the purchase Beato’s studio and negatives. Stillfired served as a teacher to many Japanese photographers and exhibited his photographs internationally.