Dive into a colorful world of your own making using the Japanese storytelling tradition of Kamishibai! Craft a unique story, build your own butai (storybook frame), and bring it all to life with ...

It was the simple clacking of two wooden sticks on a street corner that signaled to children the start of kamishibai, a popular pastime during Depression-era Japan. Kamishibai means “street theater ...

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‘I don’t remember the stories I heard but I remember being in a group with other children and excitedly waiting to hear the stories. Usually, adults wouldn’t have time to spend with children, but the ...

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Kamishibai means “paper drama” in Japanese. This early 20th-century street theatre flourished in Japan during the 1920s and ’30s. Travelling storytellers would draw children in by clapping wooden ...

HYDERABAD: To mark the 77th Independence Day, Indian Kamishibai Association brought together storytellers to celebrate Indian stories and art forms by blending them with the Japanese storytelling ...

With a wooden box and a happi coat, professional storyteller, theatre artiste, and educator Ramya Srinidhi has brought the quiet magic of Japan’s oldest form of street theatre — Kamishibai — to the ...