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oftheir meaning through transianOn

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ね″′s力 7ba′ works which sha‖ be perfOrmed by sk‖ ledon ty● 々a″ ・We need tO ind ways to deepen ttkan in

perlormers,in OrdertO enほ rge the ctcle ofempathy wroughtschools and to strengthen itr sayS Karin van Veldhuizen‐

between audience,performers and among the people nol

Wanrool, whO OWns the Dutch ka"潮 りrbal cOmpany

隆 mrs力 7ba′ was born in the wOrking class downtown areas

o口 ly in」 apan,but

Kinderhart￢ n the Nethe‖ ands,the emphasis in educationof Tokyo in 1930 Then,l was knOwn as ganc kamjshゎ

throughout the wodd The aim of thO

interna‖ onal κa"fshlba′ Association of」 apan oKAJA)is toloster cOmmunicatiOn throughOutthe wo‖

d between peopleis placed on individual development Because ch‖dren ofThe origins of kaFガ S力 ′ba′(Street‐a′corne■ κa"Isわ jbalD ThiS Was immediately after thedttferent naronames are gathered togetherin classroOms,

outbreak Of the Great DepressiOn To earn the,da‖ y

who are altteady enthusiasts,thOse express an interest in

there is a grOwing awareness that an individual‐

10cusedbread,iobseekers set up impromptu κarnls力 rba,stage wnhthe suЦ ect and thOse whO wish to perわ「m ttalsわ めal"educanon makes"harderlogeneratemutualunderstanding

drawers l‖ ed wnh cheap confecJonery Onthe backseat ofFrom the ea‖ iest days,n was clearthatthe o7ganiZalon wasamong ch‖ dren"tho「 bicycles ThOn they performed the stones for children

lmVfOCused on e21pandng overseas

Dutch chndrent bOoks w‖ ter Rinderl Kromhout says thatthat gathered tOgether at street cornersch‖ dron from Other EU count"es,as we‖

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Kyoka"''一 A cherished quality inJapan

East,Afas the Middle

ca and Asia.have found n dittcuL tO‖ sten tcstOrytd‖ ng n groups due to language dtumes・ withκa Ish力 a′ you have pictures and the perfOrmertemng theEnthusiasts overseas whO attend lKA」
exce‖ entたarnお 力fba′

AI● ctures and onioy

wOrks are sald to have a good

Isカ ルa′ began

fttvolous and was c

as a sales tOOL n was genera‖ ycized for noi being・ educationaL・

Around 1935,some people began pub‖shing new kinds of

κa"jshわ ai such as kyoiku kamお 力lba,(educatOnalstory,and there is cOmmunicamon between the perfOrmerκamた わlbao,yOChien ka"rs力

and the audloncO And because both story and pttures

The Chnsuan Yone lmai used m for evangelizarba′ (kindergartenka"Is力 lbalD

understanding ofthe meaning ofthe word kyokan

are presented in an easy‐ to‐ undorstand way,children whoon These
works were diierent from the kind performed On theHoweveL itis nOt easy to何 nd an exact equilla entin otherare not good wnh words can concentrate on the story wnhstreets Howeveら belore l reached matu"ty as a cunurallanguages Even r there are words that are sim‖other ch"dren and share in ks make‐meaning,they are realりar innO betterthan bens that are o向 ebemeve̲wond"ln」 apanese elementary and iuniOr high schoOls too,aniorm,κ a口 rs力 rba′ then evolved intO kokusaku絶・state‐ pdicy・ κa"た わjbal and Was usedtO gに"たlanguages and cunural backgrounds As・ municultura‖ sm"

supervisor oflKA」 A,■ ts unavoidable comp‖ ctty in Japan's

moves up the agenda,ねwar of invasiOn was a tragedy for kanjs力

apanesesociety Forthis reason,lKA」 A usesthe words

ka口 lshわ ar'is gaining a new lusterin"Isalba′」apan and around the wo‖ dSakal,ohairperson of Doshinsha Publishing Co,Ltd and'IT:ザch‖ dren's cunure lKA」

A,founded in the early 2000s,wasiargely a grouping oftts members The unique features ofthelKA」 A movement are thattt ques‖ ons the very essenceof κa″lsblbai wh‖ e al臀 ays seeking ways of perfOrmingon overseas as welL

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Working with overseas partners
Some overseasた attrba′ lovers have no knOwiedg0 0,

those of us who value mmjs"ゎ a′ wi‖ notlook away fromthis histoncal background As tho number of on‖ ne

this negative aspect Ofits history"overseas membership app‖

educa‖ onal kamrshrba′ "movement ofcations grOws,oon‖ nued rol● as the sOurce ofintorma」apanヽ

on on κamls力 lba′

機捨捨単

the post‐ war years sincerev addressed approaches tohas grown mo「 。importanttsues such as hOw to create a peacefuL democralc

At the same mme,the enthusiasm of those who havesociety and existenlal themes ln the 1950s,a stream o子

discovored and come to love excement kamぉ わめa,works

exce‖ ent wOrks were pub

shed,such as Okaasan nO

has Rser becOme part ofthe devetopment of κamfshlbai

hanashi(Mother、 stOry)onginally wtttten H C Andersen,

For example, Baibara Scharioth, lormer dadapted by Keiko lnaniwa andinterna‖ onal Youth Library in Munich,has been vistted by‖lustrated by Chihro

ector oflwasaki,as we‖ as Heiwano chikai(The oath of Peace)lKA」 A,and given a ttmrs"fba′dea‖ ng wnh the atOmic bOmbing,wrnten by Kelko lnaniwaShe is one oF those wい o have reoo9nized the role oflecture in autumn of 2004

and‖ ustrated by Churyo Sato These two works addressed

絶the meaning and wOnder Of"feNido to(Never again,text and‖Aは hough much iesearch has been doneinto picture books

was selocted in the co‖ ●o10n Of works lorthe 2006 Ho‖and ch‖ drenヽ

Dear Enemylinternational exhib蔵

progress in the study of κarnlsbl● aldiscussion group・

lustrations by Elko Matsuりo,ion of picture books withpeace and tOlerance as lhelr themes,organi20d by thetrave‖ ng tta"′ 劇llba′(Demae κamrsh7ba′ daigaku)andin conveying tho peaco message As a resun,"Ishrba′lerature,there has been ntue se面 Ous

Then,in lhe 199os,the・「mhg kam● hban by Nolko Matsul(OosЫ nSha Puuに ng)

翻口 tary pmpaganda kamthb」 ,『 ,お CuSngに on詢 o valu● o,11'TT:'ld mtth:Iや uttγ °1甲 T'・as」apan girded forthe Pacilc War According tO Kpk。

For this reason,theKamヽ いbaい oe可 lhou Q&A(OueЫ bns and anSWers on pe1暑"fy m‖wand could only arise because or the nature of」

轟κa"Is力 rba′ worksmoreinmmately Thisiswhythemovement

uniquo,the idea of句 ゎたan Wnhin ka

Or whO have drlerent

曇 1:運has gained trac‖

iuSt aS the format and special features of rra"Ishjba′ areh ch‖ dren that cannot sn su‖

撒nansmincreasing number Ofteachers are using

たわめa′ is also unique,

鮮MOramalsu,lhe leparture pdnt was mamng lhe break w"hわjbai ornotch too sho「 llor yourtrOusers This made me rean2e that

κa"Is力 jba′ to dea

鷲universly"international Youth Library in Munth Tht was the lrst

Kaals力 jba′ theorettcaI

ume a ttmrs″ わa′ work had been leatured centered on thebegan ns

atomic bombings of H"oshima and Nagasaki,this appeal

acuvnies These were dedicated io research aimed alior nuc ear disarmament uses a lovely bird image as mo‖

pOsniOning kamfsalba′ as a sOphisucated element ofln the domeslc tOur ofthis Hel:o,Dear Enemy!organized(Kamshibai RIon no kaりf