Kamishibai

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title: Kamishibai
text: Kamishibai is a form of Japanese street theater and storytelling that was popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the post-war period in Japan until the advent of television during the mid-20th century. Kamishibai were performed by a kamishibaiya who travelled to street corners with sets of illustrated boards that they placed in a miniature stage-like device and narrated the story by changing each image. Kamishibai has its earliest origins in Japanese Buddhist temples, where Buddhis
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description: Form of Japanese street theatre and storytelling
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamishibai
date created: 2004-07-19T13:10:04Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T11:48:14Z
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