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In 2015, as we observe the 70 th anniversary of the end of World War II, the history of kamishibai offers a rare opportunity to reflect on why and how so many different types of kamishibai emerged and flourished during this turbulent time in Japanese history.
Kamishibai is a form of picture storytelling that evolved in Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century. With the coming of World. War II, it became one of the most widely used mediums for. propaganda , targeting both children on the homefront and newly. colonized nations.
Kamishibai (kah-mee-shee-bye) or “paper drama” is a form of storytelling that began in Buddhist temples in Japan in the 12th century. The monks used e-maki (eh-mah-key) or “picture scrolls” to tell stories with moral lessons to people who were mostly uneducated. This traditional storytelling form evolved over the centuries into the use ...
History. The Japanese tradition of storytelling with pictures dates back to 12th century Japan. During the Heian period, Buddhist monks used pictures to teach about the history of their temples and deities, probably to illiterate audiences. The earliest predecessor to kamishibai is emaki, or “scroll picture.”.
the history of kamishibai during Japan’s conflicts with China and the Allies from 1931 to 1945. The book is thoroughly researched, very well written, and contains an abundance of color plates illustrating the visual beauty and power of kamishibai. In addition, Orbaugh has translated seven whole kamishibai with color plates included. The result
During the wartime era, Kamishibai was used as a military propaganda media by the Japanese government. After Japanese Forces occupied Indonesia, Kamishibai began to be used as a tool for pacifying the local peoples and to force them to cooperate with the Japanese military administration.
The Kamishibai Propaganda Plays are an extremely rare collection of World War II-era propaganda plays from Japan. This digital collection contains 52 Kamishibai plays created between 1938 and 1945, from a private collection of Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh of the UBC Department of Asian Studies.
