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紙芝居の演じ方（Kamishibai no enjikata) is a useful guide book written by Noriko Matsui, published by Doshinsha. The English version, Howt to Perform Kamishibai Q&A translated by Etsuko Nozaka & Kara Yamaguchi, published by Doshinsha is also available by contacting IKAJA. The sales price is 1470 yen. (translated in Spanish, Basque ...
- Annual Activities
Activities in Japan The 23th IKAJA Annual Meeting,...
- Members-Only, Newsletter
Kamishibai at Various Performance Sites (New Series)...
- Membership, Voices
For International Members. Kamishibai Newsletter After we...
- What's Kamishibai
What's Kamishibai. Kamishibai was born in Japan around 1930,...
- Annual Activities
Lesson 1: Experience Kamishibai. Lesson 2: The World of Peach Boy. Lesson 3: Develop Story Mapping Skills . Lesson 4: Build the Story Map. Lesson 5 & 6: Planning Kamishibai. Lesson 7: Manga and Kamishibai. Lesson 8: Create Kamishibai. Lesson 9: Perform Kamishibai. Lesson 10: Write Kamishibai Te xt. Additional Resources
- A Brief History of Kamishibai
- Paper Play
- Modern Storytellers
From the 1920s to the early 1950s, Japanese sweet sellers and storytellers travelled by bicycle from town to town, village to village, drawing large, young audiences. Kamishibai men would secure their butai – a wooden structure, half picture frame, half theatre stage – to the back of their bicycle, and would use wooden clappers (hyoshigi) to beckon...
Kamishibai performances and workshops are popular in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany, South America and the US. The storyboards can introduce audiences to folktales from Japan – such as the Hats for the Jizos. Or for European audiences, they might focus on tales from closer to home, such as The legend of the fir treefrom Alsace – a cultural ...
Kamishibai is an extremely versatile and entertaining tool, which explains why schools in many countries have adopted it in the classroom. It offers an integrated approach not only to learning or revising, but also to drama and visual art. So it’s not really surprising then that more and more kamishibai stories are available in several languages– a...
May 27, 2021 · Another storytelling tradition is kamishibai, which translates to “paper plays.”. They first started in Japan in the late 1920s and became popular during the Great Depression. It only requires 12 to 16 large (15” x 10.5”) cards with illustrations, a storyline, a storyteller, and an audience. Many kamishibai featured artwork similar to ...
Another area of growth in kamishibi in Japan has been in the grass-roots tezukuri (hand-made) kamishibai movement. Throughout Japan, in community centers and libraries, people of all ages create and perform hand-made kamishibai, and kamishibai storytelling festivals are held annually or biennially in various parts of Japan.
These videos accompany the Kamishibai Scheme of Work in which students are introduced to traditional Japanese folktales and hone their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the process. The videos can also be used with our additional resources to make kamishibai at home. Digital Kamishibai is available to download here, and we also ...
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*First broadcast on December 29, 2020. Kamishibai, or paper theater, is a form of storytelling that uses large picture cards. It was wildly popular throughout Japan in the 1930s. Today, it's still ...
