Kamishibai Isn’t a City in Japan: Using Japanese Paper Theater in Storytimes

Authors

  • Kate Eckert

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.13n1.13

Abstract

Japanese paper theater, or kamishibai, is one of the earliest popular forms of Japanese sequential storytelling art, with its Golden Age peaking in the early half of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Kate Eckert

Kate Eckert is a children’s librarian, artist, gaming enthusiast, world explorer, former pastry chef, and occasional voice actress. She sold her first painting at age seventeen. As an undergraduate, she studied Japanese Buddhist Art in Tokyo, Japan. She is now a member of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Pre-Kindergarten Committee and Association for Library Service to Children’s School-Age Programs and Services Committee. Kate lives in Philadelphia with three cats.

References

Eric P. Nash, Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater (New York: Abrams, 2009), 16.

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Published

2015-03-23

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2015): Spring

Section

Features

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