Newsletter Vol.19
The International Kamishibai Association of Japan– Contents –From IKAJA in Tokyo

1IKAJA Kamishibai Seminar in Tokyo 2022

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Katsumoto Saotome, a Life Lived in Hope of Peace by Kyoko Sakai 		
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The Promise of March 10 (Sangatsu Touka no Yakusoku)
written by Katsumoto Saotome, illustrated by Hideo Ito 				 4Voices from Japan
Aichi: Kamishibai from Aichi – Reaching Out to the World by Yoko Kondo 			Nagasaki: University Students Challenge Themselves to Create Kamishibai by Tamon Yanagida
Mie: Our First Kamishibai Seminar for Parents and Children by Yuka Nagaoka

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Malaysia: Malaysia Seminar (September 3–4, 2022) by Etsuko Nozaka

1215171920The Fifth Annual World Kamishibai Day
Kamishibai Supply Information
What is IKAJA?
Membership Application FormIKAJA's International Members and Friends in the World

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Chile: The History of Kamishibai in My Country by Tamara Reyes Palacios
Slovenia: Kamishibai letter from Slovenia by Igor Cvetko and Jelena Sitar
Germany: News from Germany by Mechthild Dörfler, Guylène Colpron, and Aya Puster
Italy: A report from Italy by Yoshiko Noda

From IKAJA in TokyoRecently, the word “peace” is used incessantly in various different places. What is peace?
If we consider the situation in Japan, it seems to mean only that war is not happening
before our eyes. Professor Keiko Nakamura spoke to us about the importance of life since
it first emerged 3.8 billion years ago in our seminar.
Aspiring ‘to perform kamishibai also for the sake of peace’, we have studied closely
kamishibai’s unique world and performed in many places. IKAJA aspires to promote thismovement widely, while capturing an even deeper understanding of what it means to beat peace.
Kamishibai Newsletter Volume 19 was edited with a focus on the reports from Japan, as
well as reports from five other countries. We hope various activities might give you somestimulation to explore the possibilities of kamishibai.

1Kamishibai Supply Information￼￼￼￼￼￼
*Standard dimensions of kamishibai sheets:
26.5 x 38.2 cm

Kamishibai Sheet*Standard number of sheets in publishedkamishibai:
8, 12, 16, 24, etc.

Kamishibai Stage

34.5cm*Dimensions of a kamishibai stage(in brown wood):
W 42.5 x H 34.5 x D 8.3 cm
ISBN 4-494-07300-8Japanese retail price (tax excluded): ¥ 11500

50cm

42.5cm24.7cm8.3cm

Back side view with kamishibai sheets

34.6cm
85.4cmKamishibai Stand

table*Dimensions of a kamishibai stand:W 63.5 x H 110 to 167 x D 41 cm
ISBN 4-494-07304-0
Japanese retail price (tax excluded): ¥ 55000

cloth

If you would like to order kamishibai
supplies, please use the following links:
http://www.doshinsha.co.jp/
kamishibai/translations/

stand

67 to 110 cm
Height adjustable

table

cloth

Librairie Japonaise Junku
http://www.junku.fr/
To read synopses in English ofnearly 40 recommended Japanesekamishibai, visit this link:(steel stand, black table and cloth)

https://www.kamishibai-ikaja.com/documents/Recommended-kamishibai-un.pdf

2What is IKAJA?
Activities

The International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA) is Japan’s largest kamishibai association. The spokesperson is Kyoko Sakai, chairof the publishing company Doshinsha. The late
Noriko Matsui is our eternal honorary leader.
Since the establishment of IKAJA in 2001, we
have held 38 domestic kamishibai seminars andissued 41 semiannual Japanese newsletters aswell as 19 annual English newsletters. We areholding a series of kamishibai performance workshops and creation seminars. (Both series willcontinue for half a year.)English-Language Website

Please visit IKAJA’s English-language website.
It has been revamped so it caneasily be viewed by cell phone.
http://www.kamishibai-ikaja.com/en/
Doshinsha Publishing Co., Ltd. also has an
English-language page on its website:
http://www.doshinsha.co.jp/
kamishibai/translations/

Membership Fee

Annual membership fee is explained in thefollowing link:
The 2023 IKAJA Kamishibai Seminar will take https://www.kamishibai-ikaja.com/
place on November 11(from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.) en/regist-eng.html
and on November 12 (from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30p.m.) at the Shuppan (Publishing) Club Building If you would like to invite your friends to joinin Kandajimbocho, Tokyo. We will inform you of IKAJA, you can use the following linkthe detailed program by email. The participation https://www.kamishibai-ikaja.com/documents/
fee for international members is free. There will Membership-Application-Form.pdf
be no interpreter, but UD talk powered by Goo- or the Membership Application Formgle translate will assist you. Please kindly check on the next page.
the immigration restrictions in Japan before yourdeparture on your own responsibility. We intend Kamishibai Members and Friends
to record, subtitle, and share part of the seminar New!: In addition to the Overseas Members,
with our entire membership, so please be looking the status of Friends has been established.
Members who have not paid their dues forforward to it!
more than three years, their status will be
automatically changed to this. Friends willMembership
get information about IKAJA's seminar justDomestic individual members: 552
once a year. If Friends wish to read IKAJA's
Domestic group members: 12
newsletters or watch the lecture videos, theyInternational individual members: 286
can return to Members at any time upon
(Members 135, Friends 151)
payment of one year’s membership fee. Once
International group members: 20
they become Members again, they can join
(Members 15, Friends 5)
IKAJA's kamishibai seminar in November
Total: 870 (as of August 2023)
basically free of charge.

ContactEtsuko Nozaka (Ms.) and Hina Nagase (Ms.)
International Project TeamThe International Kamishibai Association ofJapan (IKAJA)
E-mail: kamishibai@ybb.ne.jp3

If you would like to become a member of IKAJA, please photocopy this page and fill in the form.
Send the form to our FAX number: 81-422-49-8990.
Or contact us by e-mail: kamishibai@ybb.ne.jp

Membership Application Form
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Benefits of Becoming a Member
After we receive your Membership Application Form and Membership Fee, you will receive
Kamishibai Newsletter Vol.10 in digital format as a welcome gift. It is a useful beginner’s guide
about the theory and history of kamishibai offered by IKAJA. The latest issue of the Kamishibai
Newsletter will be sent to you in autumn via e-mail. In addition, all the International Members wholive outside of Japan can join our annual November kamishibai seminar basically free of charge.
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IKAJA’s International Members and Friends in the World**Kurdistan (a part of Iraq)

Our membership grew to include 564 domestic members and 306 international
members and friends, for a grand total of 870 members. Members in 55 countriesand regions were represented in our organization (as of August 2023).

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Kamishibai Newsletter Vol. 19
Limited Digital Version
Issue date: 30 September 2023
Edited by:
Etsuko Nozaka
Yumi and Katsunori Michiyama
Hina Nagase
Translations by:

Alexander Brown and Etsuko Nozaka
Original Texts:

The articles on pp.1-3, pp.8-9 appeared in IKAJA’s Japanese-language journal Kamishibai
Bunka no Kai vol.40 (December 2022).

The articles on pp.10-11, p.20 and the text part of p.21 appeared in IKAJA’s Japaneselanguage journal Kamishibai Bunka no Kai vol.41 (June 2023).
Illustration:
Cover art © Seiichi Tabata(from Kamii the Robot series published by Doshinsha)

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