Kirihei the Paper

Japanese: 紙乃喜利平 - かみのきりへい
Kirihei the Paper

...This is a performance in which, at the request of a customer, one instantly cuts paper into various shapes and displays them to the viewer. At the end of the Taisho period, Katsura Nanten performed this in Osaka, and in the Showa period, Kaminokirihei became famous. In Tokyo, Hayashiya Shoraku has been a household name in kamikiri since the 1950s. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kaminokirihei" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは客の注文で,即座に紙をさまざまな形に切って見せる芸である。大正末期に大阪では桂南天がこれを演じ,昭和では紙乃喜利平(かみのきりへい)が著名である。東京では昭和30年代以後林家正楽が紙切りとして一家をなしている。…

※「紙乃喜利平」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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