| Title |
Kamishibai Theater [002] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 2 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1949 |
| Subject |
Kamishibai--Japan--Photographs; Street theater--Japan--Photographs; Performances--Japan--Photographs; Storytelling--Japan--Photographs; Men--Japan--Photographs; Women--Japan--Photographs; Children--Japan--Photographs; Signs and signboards--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Kamishibai; Storytelling; Theater |
| Spatial Coverage |
Japan |
| Description |
Photo shows a Kamishibai storyteller and his portable theater entertaining children during the post-war period |
| Caption on Slide |
Kamishibai (street theater), Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Kamishibai (紙芝居), literally "paper drama", is a form of storytelling that originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century, where monks used emakimono (picture scrolls) to convey stories with moral lessons to a mostly illiterate audience. Kamishibai endured as a storytelling method for centuries, but is perhaps best known for its revival in the 1920s through the 1950s. The gaito kamishibaiya, or kamishibai storyteller, rode from village to village on a bicycle equipped with a small stage. On arrival, the storyteller used two wooden clappers, called hyoshigi, to announce his arrival. Children who bought candy from the storyteller got the best seats in front of the stage. Once an audience assembled, the storyteller told several stories using a set of illustrated boards, inserted into the stage and withdrawn one by one as the story was told. The stories were often serials and new episodes were told on each visit to the village."--Wikipedia. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6zg793r |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
339451 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zg793r |
