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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 were performed by a kamishibaiya (" kamishibai narrator") who travelled to street corners ...
Shōjo Tsubaki. Shōjo Tsubaki (少女椿, "The Camellia Girl") is a stock protagonist of kamishibai during its revival in early Shōwa period Japan. The character and her story is traditionally attributed to a creator known as Seiun, though the plagiarism and retelling in sundry variants that was the norm for popular-proving tales make its ...
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The narratives are written in both Japanese (hiragana) and English. A kamishibai man telling stories in postwar Japan. Each kamishibai story consists of twelve to sixteen beautifully colored cardboard illustrations, a teacher’s guide, and instructions on how to use the story boards. The boards measure 10 1/2” x 15”, allowing even a large ...
Kami-shibai ( Japanese: 紙芝居) is a storytelling performance with picture cards, and is a traditional Japanese entertainment for children. In Japanese "Kami" means paper and "shibai" means drama or enternainment. The performer tells a story and shows pictures from scene to scene.
The Japan Society offers a range of kamishibai resources which can be used to bring traditional Japanese stories to life in your classroom: Digital kamishibai. Physical kamishibai set available for loan. Kamishibai resources for the classroom. Including a scheme of work, individual lesson plans and a range of activities allowing students to ...
Kamishibai Videos. Kamishibai originates from traditional Japanese street theatre in the form of picture card storytelling. Unlike children’s storybooks, the text for Kamishibai is written on the reverse of cards so that the story can be easily read while pictures are shown to the students. These videos accompany the Kamishibai Scheme of Work ...
Terakoya, 3-32-15-1F, Inokashira, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0001 Japan. Kamishibai is a certain number of loose sheets of thick paper that have a drawing on the front and text on the back. A kamishibai is performed by placing the papers into the stage (Butai) in the correct order, facing the children, and sliding out the pages one by one while ...
