Kitazawa Rakuten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese manga artist
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Place of Birth: Ōmiya-ku, Kantō region, Japan
About Kitazawa Rakuten
- Kitazawa Yasuji (?? ??, 20 July 1876 – 25 August 1955), better known by the pen name Kitazawa Rakuten (?? ??), was a Japanese manga artist and nihonga artist.
- He drew many editorial cartoons and comic strips during the years from the late Meiji era through the early Showa era.
- He is considered by many historians to be the founding father of modern manga because his work was an inspiration to many younger manga artists and animators.
- He was the first professional cartoonist in Japan, and the first to use the term "manga" in its modern sense.
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