The International Kamishibai Association of Japan

From IKAJA in Tokyo
In November 2016, we held a special seminar to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary ofIKAJA’s founding. Illustrator Seiichi Tabata joined us, offering words that everyone
involved in kamishibai—indeed, in children’s culture in general—should heed. Fiveinternational members participated in the seminar, from China, the Netherlands, Malaysia,
Mexico, the USA and Peru! Also this past year, IKAJA members visited China andSingapore in 2016, and Thailand and Malaysia in 2017, helping kamishibai to spread inAsia. We also encouraged kamishibai in Germany. Here in Kamishibai Newsletter Volume13, we present IKAJA at age fifteen. We hope you will enjoy our smorgasbord of offerings.

- Contents From IKAJA in Tokyo
Happy Fifteenth Anniversary, IKAJA! by Shizuko Wakayama
For Rich Knowledge and Beautiful Sentiment, by Seiichi Tabata
Crossing Borders: Kamishibai Culture and Its Universal Appeal, by Kyoko Sakai
Presented at the 2016 Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC)
Kamishibai Seminars in China
Report from Shanghai, by Yumi Michiyama
Report from Beijing, by Etsuko NozakaKamishibai Sessions in Southeast Asia and Europe
Reports from Thailand, Malaysia and Germany, by Etsuko Nozaka
Recommended Kamishibai: Story of a Mother
Text by Keiko Inaniwa, Illustrated by Chihiro Iwasaki
Performing How the Witch was Eaten Up, by Hina Nagase
My Life and Story of a Mother, by Saeko Uehara
In Memory of Noriko Matsui
Kamishibai Supply Information
What is IKAJA?
Membership Application FormIKAJA’s International Members are from such countries and regions as:
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,Czech, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia,Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland,Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Viet Nam.
(301 international members in 45 countries and regions in total as of August 2017)

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26.5 x 38.2 cm*Standard number of sheets in publishedkamishibai:
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Kamishibai Stage

34.5cm*Dimensions of a kamishibai stage(in brown wood):
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50cm

42.5cm24.7cm8.3cm

34.6cm
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Japanese retail price (tax excluded): ¥ 42800

Back side view
with kamishibai sheets

If you would like to order kamishibai
supplies, please use the following links:

Kamishibai Standstand

http://www.doshinsha.co.jp/kamishibai/translations/cloth

110 to 167cm
Height adjustable

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cloth

To read synopses in English of nearly 40
recommended Japanese kamishibai,
visit this link:
http://www.geocities.jp/kamishibai/kamishibai-eng.html(steel stand, black table and cloth)2What is IKAJA?

Becoming an International Member

Activities

If you wish to become an international
Individual Member, please send two (2)The International Kamishibai Association of Japan International Reply Coupons with your(IKAJA) is Japan’s largest kamishibai association. application form to the contact address below.
The spokesperson is now Kyoko Sakai, chair ofGroup Members, please send ten (10) or more
the publishing company Doshinsha. The late Noriko International Reply Coupons.
Matsui is our eternal honorary leader.
In case the Coupons are not available at post
Since the establishment of IKAJA in 2001, we offices near you, please send us beautiful
have held 31 domestic kamishibai seminars and postage stamps from your country instead
issued 29 semiannual Japanese newsletters as well (enough to send two airmails).
as 12 annual English newsletters. We have also
sent delegations to many countries to organize NEW: International members are no longer
seminars and workshops. We co-organized the obliged to pay annual dues. This change infirst European Kamishibai Meeting at UNESCO 2015 stems from the digitization of Kamishibai
in Paris in cooperation with la Petite Bibliothèque Newsletter. But we always welcome yourRonde in 2012.
donation.
http://www.lapetitebibliothequeronde.com/content/search?q=kamishibai
Some members of IKAJA will visit Ljubljana,Slovenia, from May 10 through May 13, 2018.
We will present at the The Art of Kamishibai, aninternational kamishibai symposium. For furtherinformation, please contact the Slovenian Theater
Institute (slogi@slogi.si).

English-Language Website
NEW!

Please visit IKAJA’s English-language website.
It has been revamped so it can easily beviewed by cell phone. You can also download
the IKAJA member application form andmembership information here.
We always welcome comments and opinions from http://www.geocities.jp/kamishibai/index-eng.html
our members.
Doshinsha Publishing Co., Ltd. also has anMembership
English-language page on its website :http://www.doshinsha.co.jp/kamishibai/translations/form.php
Domestic individual members: 545
Domestic group members: 11International individual members: 289
Contact Address
International group members: 12Total: 857
Etsuko Nozaka (Ms.)
International Project Manager
The International Kamishibai
Association of Japan (IKAJA)
3-32-15-1F, Inokashira, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo
181-0001 Japan
Tel/Fax: 81-422-49-8990
E-mail: kamishibai@ybb.ne.jp
Illustration © Noriko Matsui3

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
I would like to be an Individual / Group Member of IKAJA. (Please choose.)
Date:
Mr. / Ms. / Dr.
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Date of Birth (D/M/Y):
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Benefits of Becoming a Member
After we receive your Membership Application Form and International Reply Coupons or stamps,
you will receive Kamishibai Newsletter Vol. 10 in English as well as the book How to Perform
Kamishibai Q & A as a “welcome pack.” The latest issue of the Kamishibai Newsletter will be sent
to you via e-mail.
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Limited Digital Version
Issue date: 10 September 2017

Edited by:

Etsuko Nozaka
Avery Udagawa
Hina Nagase
Yumi Michiyama

Translations by:
Avery Udagawa and Etsuko Nozaka

The text on pp. 2-3, pp. 12-13, and pp. 21-23 of this newsletter was taken from IKAJA’s
Japanese-language journal Kamishibai Bunka no Kai Vol. 28, issued December 2016.

Illustrations:
Cover art © Seiichi Tabata(from Kamii the Robot series published by Doshinsha)

Copyright © 2017 The International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA)
No part of this newsletter except the Membership Application Form may be reproduced in anyform, by print, photo print, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from The
International Kamishibai Association of Japan (IKAJA), 3-32-15-1F Inokashira, Mitaka-shi,
Tokyo 181-0001 Japan.
E-mail: kamishibai@ybb.ne.jp

Website: www.geocities.jp/kamishibai/index-eng.html

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