Kamishibai Japanese Storytelling February 10, 2013

Kamishibai storytelling originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century, where monks used emakimono (picture scrolls) to convey stories with moral lessons. In the 1930s the gaito kamishibai (street kamishibai) storytellers first made the scene, riding their bicycles to Japanese towns and villages with their paper drama stages. For Grades K to adult.