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Post-War Kamishibai. 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.
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.
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When he declared war officially against the US, he was only recognizing the de facto existence of the already existing war declared by the US against Germany. How so? You may ask. Consider 2 simple facts. 1-The US was not only selling all kinds of war materials to Germany’s foes but in the case of England simply giving them away.
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.
- Sharalyn Orbaugh
- May 02, 2016
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.
Jan 1, 2022 · After World War II, a new kamishibai movement began that centred on peace, love for children, and affirming the value of life. Published kamishibai that explored the meaning and wonder of life became mainstream.
During Japan’s Fifteen Year War (1931–1945), kamishibai was a crucial medium for the dissemination of propaganda to a variety of audiences, adults as well as children. This chapter asks: How did the characteristics of kamishibai function in the context of prowar, imperialist propaganda to make that propaganda effective?
