What Is Kamishibai?

A brief introduction to the Japanese narrative art of kamishibai (paper theater).

[@tessa4883]

These little theatres and story cards should be used in teaching around the world. What a great but simple invention.

[@aksipada425]

I think kamishabai is not only good for children. It is a good way too to stimulate our elders imagination reminding tales and stories.

[@daysofethan4114]

thanks for the vid i needed to do a project on international art i chose to do kamishibai as japan is my favorite place and this video helped alot also i noticed ur still replying to comments even after 10 years which is very nice.💛

[@emiyamasaki1759]

Hi, Dym Sensei! I will be using this video in my Japanese class tomorrow. Thanks! I have never thought that you will be mentioned in my class 25 tears ago. Hope you are all well!

[@Dymsensei]

Time sure does fly by. Hopefully, we can catch up in person in the not too distant future. Thanks for watching and sharing with your class.

[@drawingfandome]

This is so cool to me because it’s like a more interactive storybook. I’d love to make one of these. But like in a modern sense? Aka a storybook told in this way but not so much a folktale just a story I think that would be super cool! I even think it would be cool if the stage was decorated to enhance the story like a frame. Idk. Something that just came into my head when I found out about this art form.

[@Dymsensei]

I have another video on kamishibai in the classroom which talks about ways to incorporate it in teaching. With more and more youth addicted to rapid fire media consumption, I think art forms like kamishibai are needed to try and slow things down for their over stimulated brains.

[@0002pA]

I've studied Japanology for nearly five years now and never heard of this before, but I am fascinated !

[@Aswhatitis]

ohhh! Those stories are sooo familiar to me even I am from Taiwan!!! They are my great childhood memory!

[@Saga_Roger]

Lovely and powerful resource for learning. Thank you for sharing :D

[@aksipada425]

Thank you very much for these explanations.

[@diegocrusius]

thank you

[@Elfos64]

So in other words, Kamishibai is more comparable to a projection slideshow than a picture book. I can dig that.

[@karina-ri7hj]

wow this was 10 years ago

[@keepingwaltindisney]

Prof Dym!! My old nihon rekishi sensei. My wife and I were talking about kamishibai tonight and came across this!! Bikkurishimashita!! Hope everything is sugoi at CSUS...

[@FeriandyRaynandoSembiring]

I watching anime called Yamishibai: Theatre of Darkness on Churchirol and now Muse Asia.

[@omkr0122]

Thank you very much for the video!

[@ZASSHIN]

Great! And I recognized many of the Japanese folktales; the inch-high Samurai, Ojizou, Peach Boy. Did you print them yourself? Really beautifully made.

[@MefuneAkira]

Arigato for this video. Well made.

[@reemah9]

thank you for this informational video!

[@faustwatches]

YOTTERASHAI MITTERASHAI. YAMISHIBAI NO JIKAN DAYO

[@nojlbstmnt]

Helps me🤩

[@gbettina]

Wonderful! Can you tell me where to find the specific Kamishibai in a European Union country? Which firm is it? Thank you in advance!

[@Dymsensei]

Not sure where to buy in Europe. But Kamishibai for Kids will probably ship you some. They have a good collection of Kamishibai in Japanese and English.

[@leebachelor]

Great Job, Dym Sensei! Very easy to understand explaination and great video quality.

[@joenobles7236]

excellent for an introduction to elementary paper story telling.

[@aitroncoso]

Well done! A detail: the woman says "chinese word". We all know it's a japanese word.

[@radiokunio3738]

Japanese actually borrows some characters from Chinese

[@hitkid2456]

Their word for them is just their version of hanzi, and that is what the word itself means (Chinese characters).

[@adityathedarkseid4102]

usually how many paper to make kamishibai except for cover or title ? if i make only 6 it is ok ?

[@wizard5141]

Hi, I'm Japanese. I'm answering your question since the video owner doesn't seem to be going to do. It really depends on the age of kids you're going to read to. For older children, it can be longer than 6 scenes as their concentration is better. Having said that, Kamishiba has typically from 8 to 12 papers (scenes), some stories has even longer than that. 16 pages for example. You can get Kamishibai starter kit from Amazon Japan, which has 7 papers with the thick paper frame.

[@adityathedarkseid4102]

Well, thank you for recognizing this , I really appreciate it, but I already make it using drawing book, though I get rank 3 in my college for this

[@Dymsensei]

There are no hard and fast rules to the number of cards. It is up to the maker. Most commercial kamishibai are 8-20, though some are as many as 24. The old time street ones were usually 8-10, in part because they were cranked out every day and making 8-10 painting in one day was a huge job for the artist.

[@DavidSharpMSc]

芝居と劇の違いは何ですか？

[@Nscorpion5248]

This feels like a needlessly over-complicated version of reading a picture book to kids.

[@Dymsensei]

Actually, it is just the opposite. It is a much more effective way to convey a story to children.

[@Nscorpion5248]

@@Dymsensei I was mostly referring to the construction and set-up.

[@radiokunio3738]

@@Nscorpion5248 i mean anime and a lot of manga actually have there roots in kamishibai is, to the point when tv came over to Japan in 1953 many called it "electronic kamishibai", in fact one of tezuka's first works is about a character that started in kamishibai.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

It is no different from children's theater. Or even a skilled storyteller. People (kids and adults) appreciate and remember stories better if they got some visual anchor to help them get along with the plot...

[@coolboy_studio]

Yamishibai is better than Kamishibai. It is on Cronchiroll.

[@Magicoliere]

il kamishibai mi pare una ganzata!!!

[@tucatovisk1261]

Kkkkkkkk comentei

[@tucatovisk1261]

Eu só Arthur Rezende ent da like agoraaaa

[@peterkinnaird5174]

Actually, she was correct, it is made up of Kanji;