Seitarō Kitayama

Seitarō Kitayama
Seitarō Kitayama
Born	1888; Tokyo, Japan
Died	February 2, 1945 (aged 56–57); Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Animator

Seitarō Kitayama (北山清太郎, Kitayama Seitarō, March 3, 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]

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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
Tarou no Banpei Senkoutei no Maki

References edit

^ "Japan finds films by early "anime" pioneers". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ ^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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[1] "Japan finds films by early "anime" pioneers". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[litten-2] ^ ^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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Seitarō Kitayama
Born	1888 Tokyo, Japan
Died	February 2, 1945(1945-02-02) (aged 56–57) Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Animator