was a Japanese artist. He was an
Imperial Household Artist from 1917 until his death in 1931.
Biography
Kobori was born on 26 March 1864 in Konaka, Hatagawa Village,
Aso District
is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
As of the Aso and Yamato mergers (but with 2003 population data), the district has an estimated population of 40,841 and a density of 58.1 persons per square kilometer. The total area is ...
,
Shimotsuke Province (now part of
Sano, in
Tochigi Prefecture) in the
Empire of Japan.
He was appointed as an
Imperial Household Artist on 17 June 1917, a position which he held until his death.
He died on 1 October 1931.
Bibliography and works about him
* (October 2019, Yoshizawa Memorial Museum of Art, 80 pages, no ISBN)
Reception and legacy
Kobori was named as an influence by artist
Tetsuya Noguchi.
References
1864 births
1931 deaths
19th-century Japanese painters
20th-century Japanese painters
Artists from Tochigi Prefecture
Male painters
Nihonga painters
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