Educational Kamishibai - Educational Kamishibai

...In 1935, there were 2,000 kamishibai artists in Tokyo, and in 1936, at its peak, the number reached 30,000 nationwide. While kamishibai artists would take turns lending out their hand-painted works, which were then circulated around the country, in 1937 printed kamishibai stories were created to promote the war, and these were called educational kamishibai. Kamishibai fell into disuse during the Pacific War due to personnel and resource constraints, but became popular again for about 10 years after the war. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "educational picture-story shows" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…35年には東京市内の紙芝居屋は2000人を算し，最盛期の36年には全国で3万人になった。肉筆で1組しか作らない作品を順番に貸して全国にまわした紙芝居屋の紙芝居に対して，37年には戦争宣伝の印刷紙芝居が作られて教育紙芝居と称した。紙芝居は太平洋戦争中，人員と資材の関係でさびれるが，戦後約10年間は再び盛んになった。…

※「教育紙芝居」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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