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紙芝居の演じ方(Kamishibai no enjikata) is a useful guide book written by Noriko Matsui, published by Doshinsha. The English version, Howt to Perform Kamishibai Q&A translated by Etsuko Nozaka & Kara Yamaguchi, published by Doshinsha is also available by contacting IKAJA. The sales price is 1470 yen. (translated in Spanish, Basque ...
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Activities in Japan The 23th IKAJA Annual Meeting,...
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Kamishibai at Various Performance Sites (New Series)...
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What's Kamishibai. Kamishibai was born in Japan around 1930,...
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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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May 27, 2021 · Kamishibai can be performed anywhere, including libraries, street corners, and video calls. Eiichi Ito, Reference Specialist for the Japanese Collection in the Library’s Asian Division, fondly recalls watching kamishibai while growing up in Japan during the 1960s.
In this video, professional storytellers Fergus and Mio explain the benefits of teaching kamishibai and how it can be linked with Art, Music, English and Drama lessons as well as increasing students’ cultural awareness. Kamishibai - Adventures with Kamishibai. Watch on.
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.
Although kamishibai is often described as a manifestation of Japan’s long and rich tradition of etoki (picture explaining), which can be traced back to the 10 th century when Buddhist picture scrolls were narrated by itinerant priests and nuns (Kaminishi), it would be misleading to argue that this makes kamishibai an “ancient” art form.
Tell the students that they will be making their own movies in miniature by performing their own kamishibai stories. Divide them into groups of six or seven students. At this point, the content of the stories the students develop depends on the teacher’s other teaching demands.