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kamishibai became a primary form of propaganda and indoctrination. This paper will briefly explore the history of kamishibai , and in particular, the ideological uses to which kamishibai was put during the. prewar and wartime periods. As this history shows, the human. connection storytelling creates is a powerful one, and that power is not.
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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...
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. Produced by quasi-governmental organizations and ...
Sep 14, 2022 · UBC Library has digitized an extremely rare collection of World War II-era propaganda plays from Japan, presented in a format known as kamishibai, or paper theatre, plays. Produced in the 1930s and 40s as wartime propaganda materials, the kamishibai plays in UBC Library’s newest digital collection are owned by Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh, Professor ...
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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
The first in-depth scholarly study in English of the Japanese performance medium kamishibai, Sharalyn Orbaugh’s Propaganda Performed illuminates the vibrant street culture of 1930s Japan as well as the visual and narrative rhetoric of Japanese propaganda in World War II. Emerging from Japan’s cities in the late 1920s, kamishibai rapidly ...
Oct 3, 2022 · During the Sept. 18 event, "kokusaku kamishibai" (state-promoted paper plays) picture boards dating back to the war were used in a performance for a present-day audience of around 40 people.
