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With government backing, the number of educational kamishibai publishing houses increased to eighteen (including the companies started by Imai, Gozan, and Matsunaga described above), and by 1942, the total number of published editions of the stories reached 825,800 (Suzuki Sensō no jidai desu yo!
Kamishibai (紙芝居, "paper play") is a form of Japanese street theater and storytelling that was popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the post-war period in Japan until the advent of television during the mid-20th century.
Kamishibai (paper drama) is a traditional form of Japanese storytelling that uses large color pictures to accompany a dramatic narration. This type of storytelling is enjoying a renaissance in Japan and has recently become available in English for use in schools and at home.
first kamishibai stories were serialized adventures with names like "Mahou no goten" ("The Magic Palace") and "Kuro Batto " ("Black Bart"), an early superhero story (Kamichi 34).
Jun 28, 2018 · Meet kamishibai – from kami, meaning paper and shibai, meaning play or theatre – the ancient Japanese storytelling tool that many librarians, nursing-homes and schools use in several countries...
kamishibai titles by Mihira Sylvia, who has been trying to put Indonesian folktales into kamishibai form. Other published kamishibai available include some by Dutch writer Rindert Kromhout as well as Italian illustrator Peppo Bianchessi, and Indian writer Ramendra Kumar. In April last year, IKAJA organized the European Kamishibai
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Kamishibai originated in Japan's early Showa era for children's amusement perfomed by street performers. Later, Kamishibai was introduced into school education. During the wartime era, Kamishibai was used as a military propaganda media by the Japanese government.
