‘Kamishibai’ is a traditional Japanese storytelling format that uses standard-sized illustrated paper cards paired with a scripted performance by a narrator June 14, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

The demise of kamishibai coincided with the end of the occupation and introduction of television in 1952. Many of the form’s writers and artists then migrated into manga in the ’50s, such as ...

Another Kamishibai superhero followed sometime in the early 1930s: Gamma no Ōji, or the Prince of Gamma.An orphaned prince from another planet, he wore a costume consisting of a tight blue ...

The traditional Japanese storytelling art of kamishibai uses pictures inserted to a wooden frame and taken out one by one as the story goes on.

Children’s kamishibai illustration (collage and drawing) Author provided On the front of the boards were illustrations for the audience to enjoy, whereas on the back of the previous storyboard ...

Kamishibai (紙芝居) is a form of Japanese storytelling, using a set of illustrated story boards. Tetsuta Watanabe, a Melbourne-based Japanese author and translator, has been operating a small ...

Renowned Japanese kamishibai storyteller Etsuko Nozaka is keen to help this tradition travel to more countries. Subscriptions; Log In Manage Profile ...