was an early Japanese animation director whose work includes the first examples of commercial production of

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

. Kitayama was referred to as one of the fathers of anime by Yoshirō Irie, a researcher at Japan's National Film Center.

Works

*'' Battle of a Monkey and a Crab'' (1917) *''Yume no jidōsha'' (1917) *''Neko to nezumi'' (1917) *''Itazura posuto'' (1917) *''Hanasaka-jiji'' (1917) *''Chokin no susume'' (1917) *''(Otogibanashi–) Bunbuku chagama'' (1917) *''Shitakire suzume'' (1917) *''Kachikachiyama'' (1917) *''Chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru'' (1917) *''

Urashima Tarō is the protagonist of a Japanese fairy tale (''otogi banashi''), who, in a typical modern version, is a fishermen, fisherman rewarded for rescuing a sea turtle, and carried on its back to the Dragon Palace (Ryūgū-jō) beneath the sea. There, ...

'' (1918) *''

Momotarō is a Folk hero, popular hero of Japanese folklore. His name is often translated as ''Peach Boy'', but is directly translated as ''Peach + Tarō (given name), Tarō'', a common Japanese given name. ''Momotarō'' is also the title of various books, ...

'' *'' Tarou no Banpei Senkoutei no Maki''

References

1945 deaths Anime directors 1888 births Articles containing video clips {{japan-bio-stub