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Aug 14, 2024 · Dragonflies hover as people watch the Chicago Air and Water Show from the 2300 block of the Lakefront Trail on Aug. 10, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) By Karina Atkins |...
Aug 14, 2024 · CHICAGO — “It’s like an invasion!” a woman giggled as she lowered her head and launched her bike through a swarm of dragonflies on the lakefront trail. These large-eyed insects with nearly...
The new directions for kamishibai that they discuss range from the giant kamishibai performances set to music by Morohashi Seikō (see his World Kamishibai Forum video), to IKAJA’s spreading of kamishibai to countries outside Japan, to kamishibai in senior facilities and care centers, and finally to kamishibai and AI. Surprisingly, the ...
Jul 10, 2024 · Let’s prioritize the essential work that enhances our lakefront today. By doing so, we set the stage for a DuSable Lake Shore Drive that is a model of environmental stewardship and urban...
- Hira-E: The New Kamishibai
- Published Educational Kamishibai
- Kokusaku (Government Policy) Kamishibai
- Post-War Kamishibai
- The Globalization of Kamishibai
Because of their often sensationalistic content, street performances of all kinds were subject to frequent bans by the authorities, and kamishibai was no exception. In 1929, when tachi-e was undergoing a ban, three street performers in Tokyo (Takahashi Seizō, Gotō Terakura, and Tanaka Jirō) put their heads together to develop a new form of picture-...
In the early 1930s, Japan was suffering from a world-wide depression that sent the unemployed from all walks of life into the streets. With few other options, many became gaitō kamishibai performers. The new hira-estyle of kamishibai did not require extensive training, and almost anyone with a bicycle, a stage, and a voice could set up in the trade...
Without this increase in publishers of educational kamishibai, it is unlikely that Japan’s militaristic government would have called upon kamishibai to play such a pivotal role as a media for propaganda in the build up to World War II. By the beginning of World War II (1941-1945) and middle of the second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), published kam...
The use of kamishibai for propaganda during World War II made it an object of particular scrutiny when the war ended. General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied Powers were anxious to purge Japan of its former Imperialist ambitions, and kamishibai performers after the war had to get their stamp of approval. Nonetheless, people turned once again in dr...
Perhaps the biggest growth in interest in kamishibai as a format is happening outside Japan. Artists and kamishibai practitioners involved in the tezukuri kamishibai movement have actively been transporting kamishibai to countries throughout Asia and the middle-east to encourage local artists to create their own stories. Gaitō street performance ar...
May 24, 2024 · Chicagoans flock to lakefront as city beaches open for summer. Chicago beaches will be open every day with lifeguards through Labor Day. Visitors scattered across North Avenue Beach on Friday ...
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May 19, 2020 · While it remains unclear when exactly Chicago will enter phase three of its reopening plan, many residents are questioning when they will once again be allowed along the city’s beloved...
