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Oct 6, 2019 · 23 Jul. 2020 Mini-Booklet "Let's Perform Kamishibai": Chinese version. 05 May. 2020 Added the "KAMISHIBAI AT HOME!" Page 27 Apr. 2020 KAMISHIBAI AT HOME! Campaign 20 Apr. 2020 COVID-19: Announcement from IKAJA 30 Mar. 2020 Added the function of “Site Search" and “Site Map" 26 Feb. 2020 Revised the annual fees from Overseas Members 18 Feb. 2020
Storyteller Tora Mihashi performs at a kamishibai event in Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward in early March. | SATOKO KAWASAKI
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Japanese arts. Popularized in the 1950s in Japan, discover the kamishibai, this small traveling theater where storytellers tell stories using multiple boards inserted into a wooden frame. When one thinks of Japanese theatre , it is very often Kabuki or Noh theater that first comes to mind. However, and even if it is not played on a stage, there ...
Mar 24, 2018 · Kamishibai 紙芝居. Kamishibai (紙芝居) is a form of Japanese street entertainment and theatrical performance. The name Kamishibai literally means “paper drama” (紙 kami, meaning “paper”, and 芝居 shibai meaning “play” or “drama”). The performers tell a dramatic story while showing drawings or paintings at the crowd.
Kamishibai is actually a relative newcomer to the etoki tradition in Japan, and, as kamishibai artists and historians, Kata Kōji (1971) and Kako Satoshi (1979) have argued, the only precursor that can be traced unequivocally to the development of kamishibai is the 18 th century magic lantern show or utsushi-e.
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 ...
*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.
