Seitarō Kitayama

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Seitarō Kitayama
Born1888
Tokyo, Japan
DiedFebruary 2, 1945(1945-02-02) (aged 56–57)
Osaka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationAnimator

Seitarō Kitayama (北山 清太郎, Kitayama Seitarō, 1888 – February 2, 1945) was an early Japanese animation director whose work includes the first examples of commercial production of anime. Kitayama was referred to as one of the fathers of anime by Yoshirō Irie, a researcher at Japan's National Film Center.[1]

Works[]

  • Battle of a Monkey and a Crab (1917)[2]
  • Yume no jidōsha (1917)[2]
  • Neko to nezumi (1917)[2]
  • Itazura posuto (1917)[2]
  • Hanasaka-jiji (1917)[2]
  • Chokin no susume (1917)[2]
  • (Otogibanashi–) Bunbuku chagama (1917)[2]
  • Shitakire suzume (1917)[2]
  • Kachikachiyama (1917)[2]
  • Chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru (1917)[2]
  • Urashima Tarō (1918)[2]
  • Momotarō

References[]

  1. ^ "Japan finds films by early "anime" pioneers". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Frederick S. Litten. "Some remarks on the first Japanese animation films in 1917" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-01-02.


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