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kamishibai
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kamishibainoun
A traditional Japanese form of storytelling using picture scrolls, revived in the twentieth century by travelling showmen.
Etymology: 紙芝居, literally "paper drama".
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Kamishibai
Kamishibai (紙芝居, "paper play") 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 ("kamishibai narrator") 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 Buddhist monks from the 8th century onward used emakimono ("picture scrolls") as pictorial aids for recounting their history of the monasteries, an early combination of picture and text to convey a story.
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Kamishibai
Kamishibai, literally "paper drama", is a form of storytelling that originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century, where monks used emakimono to convey stories with moral lessons to a mostly illiterate audience.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of kamishibai in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of kamishibai in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- KamishibaiSpanish
- kamishibaiFrench
- kamishibaiIndonesian
- カミシバイJapanese
- kamishibaiVietnamese
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