KAMISHIBAI
(紙芝居)

                 
[Show] Misemono (見世物)

Published in Han Geijutsu (版芸術), Vol. 25 (April 1, 1934)
Artist: Kawanishi Hide (川西英)
Personal Collection

Note: This print appears to depict a raised kamishibai.
 
 
 
 

                   
[Picture Card Show] Kamishibai (紙芝居)

Print Date: 1939
Artist: Wada Sanzô (和田三造)
Series: [Compendium of Occupations in the Shôwa Era]
Shôwa Shokugyô E-Zukushi (昭和職業繪盡) (Series 1, #11)
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Note:  This first edition print was published by Nishinomiya Shoin in an edition of 300.  A post-war
edition made from recarved blocks was issued by Kyoto Hangain. 
 
 
 

                
Kamishibai (aka Japanese Children’s Theatre)

Print Date: c. 1950s-1960s
Artist: Emma Bormann
Medium: Woodblock print or linocut
 
Note: The dealer inscription "Chinese Cooky [sic: Cookie]
seller is erroneous.

[Picture Card Show] Kamishibai (紙芝居)

Print Date: 1992 (ed. 100)
Artist: Nomura Takaaki (野村たかあき)
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[Paper Play] Kamishibai (紙芝居)
 
Print Date: ?
Artist: Asano Takeji (浅野竹二)
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