Newsletter Vol.15
The International Kamishibai Association of Japan- Contents From IKAJA in Tokyo
The History of Kamishibai
What Does It Mean to Examine the History of Kamishibai?
Ⅰ. Kamishibai is Born
Ⅱ. Dark Clouds Enshroud
Ⅲ. A Movement Grows
Ⅳ. Theory Blossoms

Kamishibai for Peace
By Sydney Solis, U.S./Japan

Kamishibai for a More Peaceful World
By Guylène Colpron, Mechthild Dörfler and Aya Puster, Germany

IKAJA’s Recommended Kamishibai: The Black Cat from the Dragon Palace
Text and Illustrations by Lee Soojeen

A Report on the First-Ever World Kamishibai Day
Kamishibai Supply Information
What is IKAJA?
Membership Application FormIKAJA’s International Members in the World

From IKAJA in Tokyo
Malaysia, France, Mexico, Peru, the Netherlands, Germany. In 2019, IKAJA’s
international members visited Japan one after the next, from everywhere! Why does
kamishibai draw people from all over the world? Surely, it is because kamishibai unites
the hearts of performer and audience in kyokan that respects peace. The theme ofKamishibai Newsletter Volume 15 is exactly that—peace. We have featured this theme
before, but this time we focus on the roles kamishibai has played in history and society,that these may help us consider its roles today. Please read the contributions from our
American and German members, and let us know your thoughts. Our recommended
kamishibai is a Korean folktale. We also report on the first-ever World Kamishibai Day.

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Kamishibai Supply Information
Kamishibai Sheet*Standard dimensions of kamishibai sheets:
26.5 x 38.2 cm*Standard number of sheets in publishedkamishibai:
8, 12, 16, 24, etc.
*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): ¥ 9800

34.5cmKamishibai Stage

50cm

42.5cm24.7cm8.3cm

Back side view with kamishibai sheets

34.6cm
85.4cm* 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): ¥ 4280

Kamishibai Stand

table

clothstand

110 to 67cm
Height adjustable

table

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

Librairie Japonaise Junku
http://www.junku.fr/fr/index.php
To read synopses in English of nearly 40
recommended Japanese kamishibai,visit this link:
https://www.kamishibai-ikaja.com/en/recommended-eng.html(steel stand, black table and cloth)21

What is IKAJA?
Membership FeeActivities
The International Kamishibai Association of Japan(IKAJA) is Japan’s largest kamishibai association.
The spokesperson is now Kyoko Sakai, chair of thepublishing company Doshinsha. The late NorikoMatsui is our eternal honorary leader.
Since the establishment of IKAJA in 2001, we
have held 34 domestic kamishibai seminars andissued 33 semiannual Japanese newsletters as well
as 15 annual English newsletters. We have also
sent delegations to many countries to organize
seminars and workshops. We co-organized thefirst European Kamishibai Meeting at UNESCO
in Paris in cooperation with la Petite BibliothèqueRonde (PBR) in 2012.
http://www.lapetitebibliothequeronde.com/
content/search?q=kamishibai

If you wish to become an International
Individual Member, please send two (2)International Reply Coupons with yourapplication form to the contact address
below. Group Members, please send ten (10)International Reply Coupons. In case theCoupons are not available at post offices nearyou, please send us beautiful postage stamps
from your country instead (enough to send twoairmails for an Individual Member).

PAYPAL and Change of Policy

IKAJA has a PayPal account! Now we cansend an invoice to new members on receiving
the Membership Application Form. In addition,
we would like to inform you that IKAJA willcollect annual dues from all InternationalMembers again from 2020. We will provide more
In 2019, as a follow-up event after 7 years, PBR information in upcoming communications.
will hold JOURNEE D’ETUDE « KAMISHIBAI »at Maison de la Culture du Japon in Paris on English-Language Website — NEW!
November 21. IKAJA will send 7 administrative Please visit IKAJA’s English-language website.
members to give presentations. They will also visit It has been revamped so it can easily be
the main library in Lyon, as well as the Permeke viewed by cell phone. You can also download
library in Antwerp to give seminars during their the IKAJA member application form andjourney in Europe. In South America, a member membership information here.
of IKAJA will join Dejame que te cuente Festival http://www.kamishibai-ikaja.com/en/in Lima, Peru in September, while another Doshinsha Publishing Co., Ltd. also has anmember will join VII International Festival of English-language page on its website :kamsihibai and storytelling Nu, nutsi in Durango, http://www.doshinsha.co.jp/kamishibai/
Mexico in Central America in November. They too translations/form.php
will give seminars and presentations. For further
Contact Address
information, please contact our secretary.
Etsuko Nozaka (Ms.)
International Project SupervisorMembership
The International Kamishibai
Domestic individual members: 572
Association of Japan (IKAJA)
Domestic group members: 12
3-32-15-1F, Inokashira, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo
International individual members: 355
181-0001 Japan
International group members: 15
Tel/Fax: 81-422-49-8990
Total: 954
E-mail: kamishibai@ybb.ne.jp22

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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Members Fee
After we receive your Membership Application Form and Membership Fee either by International
Reply Coupons or stamps or PayPal, you will receive Kamishibai Newsletter Vol. 10 in digital format
as a welcome gift. The latest issue of the Kamishibai Newsletter will be sent to you via e-mail.

23IKAJA’s International Members in the WorldInternational Members are from such countries and regions as:

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China,Colombia, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia,Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua,Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia,
South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, the Netherlands,the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Zambia. (370 international
members in 50 countries and regions in total as of August 2019)24

Kamishibai Newsletter Vol. 15

Limited Digital VersionIssue date: 18 September 2019

Edited by:

Etsuko Nozaka
Yumi and Katsunori Michiyama
Hina Nagase

Translations by:
Avery Udagawa and Etsuko Nozaka

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

Copyright © 2019 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

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