Rakuten Kitazawa

Japanese manga artist (1876-1955)

Person Human Q325196

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: July 20, 1876
Date of death: August 25, 1955
Place of birth: Ōmiya-ku
Country of citizenship: Japan, Empire of Japan^[7]^[8]
Occupation: mangaka, painter, cartoonist
Employer: Jiji Shinpō^[9]
Award received: Legion of Honour^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese^[13]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[16]
Family name: Kitazawa^[12]
Name in kana: きたざわらくてん^[15]
Name in native language: 北澤楽天^[14]

🏷️ Also known as

en Rakuten Kitazawa de Rakuten Kitazawa de Kitazawa Rakuten ja 北沢楽天 ja 北澤楽天 nl Kitazawa Rakuten ru Китадзава, Ракутэн ru Китадзава Ракутэн ru Китазава Ракутен ru Ракутен Китазава ru Ракутэн Китадзава zh 北泽乐天 zh 北澤樂天, zh-hant 北澤樂天

🔖 Identifiers · 25

ISNI: 0000000084372936
VIAF cluster ID: 33371666
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n83072228
GND ID: 1054878447
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Rakuten Kitazawa 北澤保次.jpg ↗
Artists of the World ID: 40147462
Artnet artist ID: rakuten-kitazawa
Bgm.tv person ID: 33259
British Museum person or institution ID: 178588
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266666125312
Europeana entity: agent/base/9412
FAST ID: 113335

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Freebase ID: /m/02pxv7n
Japan Search name ID: 北沢楽天
Lambiek Comiclopedia artist ID: k/kitazawa_rakuten
Media Arts Database ID: C77270
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID: 127227
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA06708233
NDL Authority ID: 00032529
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties artist ID: 8822
Open Library ID: OL8904998A
SNAC ARK ID: w63814jq
WikiTree person ID: 北澤-13
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwMwHYXYy8wcfhFKXH3cP
Yale LUX ID: person/831b8489-ae27-418f-a88d-48c19f46dca1

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🔗 Connections

Country of citizenship 2

Japan, Empire of Japan

Occupation 2

painter, mangaka

Award received 1

Legion of Honour

Employer 1

Jiji Shinpō

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Japanese

Place of birth 1

Ōmiya-ku

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Rakuten Kitazawa was born on July 20, 1876^[1], in Ōmiya-ku^[2]. He died on August 25, 1955^[3]. He worked as a mangaka^[4], painter^[5], and cartoonist^[6].

FAQs

Where was Rakuten Kitazawa born?

Rakuten Kitazawa's place of birth was Ōmiya-ku^[2].

What did Rakuten Kitazawa do for work?

Rakuten Kitazawa worked as a mangaka^[4], painter^[5], and cartoonist^[6].

What awards did Rakuten Kitazawa receive?

Honors received include Legion of Honour^[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — place of birth (P19): Ōmiya-ku. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-06. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — country of citizenship (P27): Japan. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — country of citizenship (P27): Empire of Japan. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — occupation (P106): mangaka. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — occupation (P106): painter. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — occupation (P106): cartoonist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — employer (P108): Jiji Shinpō. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — award received (P166): Legion of Honour. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — date of birth (P569): July 20, 1876. bgm.tv. bgm.tv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — date of death (P570): August 25, 1955. tobunken.go.jp. tobunken.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — family name (P734): Kitazawa. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — name in native language (P1559): 北澤楽天. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — name in kana (P1814): きたざわらくてん. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Rakuten Kitazawa — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. Retrieved 2020-12-13. wikidata.org.

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Languages spoken, written or signed → Japanese

Instance of → human

Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired

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