Kobayashi Bunshichi

• Born: 1861
• Died: 1923
• Japanese: 小林 文七 (Kobayashi Bunshichi)

Kobayashi Bunshichi was a Tokyo-based art collector and dealer. His personal collection of 100,000 prints and paintings was lost in fires accompanying the Great Kantô Earthquake of 1923.

References

• Julie Nelson Davis, “Picturing the Floating World: Ukiyo-e in Context,” Rare Book School presentation, 8 July 2020.