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Mar 24, 2018 · The 50s are considered to be Kamishibai’s golden age: around 3 000 Kamishibaiya (紙芝居屋, kamishibai narrator) were performing in the streets of Tokyo, and around 50 000 in the whole country! The narrators would mount the Kamishibai butai on the luggage carrier of their bicycles and go perform on the streets.
Storyteller Tora Mihashi performs at a kamishibai event in Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward in early March. | SATOKO KAWASAKI
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Nov 18, 2017 · IKAJA Kamishibai Seminar in Tokyo, 2017. Theme: "Let Peace Shine with Kamishibai" Dates: 18 November (Sat.) - 19 November (Sun.) 2017 Place: Kichijoji Tokyu REI Hotel, Tokyo "PROGRAM" 18 November 2017 Welcome: Greeting by Kyoko Sakai, and Everybody Clap! Following in the Footsteps of Noriko Matsui 1.Encounter with Kamishibai 2.Creating Kamishibai
Published kamishibai (I recommend “The Three Magic Charms” and “The Old Man and the Fox” for a start. Other recommendations appear at the end.) Kamishibai stage (It is also possible to make stages or perform without the stage, but the stage is well worth the investment.) Large paper for mapping out stories (2 per group)
With a kamishibai in hand, anyone can perform it anywhere, anytime. Here is a who, what, when, where, how of typical kamishibai activities in Japan (IKAJA, 2017, pp. 126–35). Who can use it: childcare workers, librarians, teachers, booksellers, editors, authors, illustrators, translators, university professors, lawyers, business people ...
Oct 6, 2019 · IKAJA. The International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA) Terakoya, 3-32-15-1F, Inokashira, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0001 Japan. kamishibai@ybb.ne.jp. (IKAJA) in Japanese. (World Kamishibai Day) Welcome to The International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA). Kamishibai is a part of Japan's unique cultural heritage that is moving ...
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 ...