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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: Paper Theater *First broadcast on December 29, 2020. Kamishibai, or paper theater, is a form of storytelling that uses large picture cards.
- A Brief History of Kamishibai
- Paper Play
- Modern Storytellers
From the 1920s to the early 1950s, Japanese sweet sellers and storytellers travelled by bicycle from town to town, village to village, drawing large, young audiences. Kamishibai men would secure their butai – a wooden structure, half picture frame, half theatre stage – to the back of their bicycle, and would use wooden clappers (hyoshigi) to beckon...
Kamishibai performances and workshops are popular in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany, South America and the US. The storyboards can introduce audiences to folktales from Japan – such as the Hats for the Jizos. Or for European audiences, they might focus on tales from closer to home, such as The legend of the fir treefrom Alsace – a cultural ...
Kamishibai is an extremely versatile and entertaining tool, which explains why schools in many countries have adopted it in the classroom. It offers an integrated approach not only to learning or revising, but also to drama and visual art. So it’s not really surprising then that more and more kamishibai stories are available in several languages– a...
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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
Another area of growth in kamishibi in Japan has been in the grass-roots tezukuri (hand-made) kamishibai movement. Throughout Japan, in community centers and libraries, people of all ages create and perform hand-made kamishibai, and kamishibai storytelling festivals are held annually or biennially in various parts of Japan.
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 ...
Storyteller Tora Mihashi performs at a kamishibai event in Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward in early March. | SATOKO KAWASAKI
