# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-kitagawa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:12:39.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-kitagawa"
name: "Joseph Kitagawa"
slug: "joseph-kitagawa"
description: "Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa was an eminent Japanese American scholar in religious studies. He was professor emeritus and dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is considered one of the founders of the field of the history of religions. He is known for his contributions to the study of religious traditions in Asia and intercultural understanding of the East and the West."
tagline: "Japanese theologian (1915-1992)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1915-03-08"
deathDate: "1992-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.04
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.745537333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Китагава, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزيف كيتاجاوا"
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    title: "چوزيف كيتاجاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kitagawa"
    title: "Joseph Kitagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kitagawa"
    title: "Joseph Kitagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kitagawa"
    title: "Joseph Kitagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kitagawa"
    title: "Joseph Kitagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kitagawa"
    title: "Joseph Kitagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E5%8C%97%E5%B7%9D%E4%B8%89%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "ヨセフ・北川三夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kitagawa"
    title: "Joseph Kitagawa"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump