Manga Kamishibai

Name: Manga Kamishibai
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ISBN: 9780810953031

ISBN-10: 081095303X

ISBN-13: 9780810953031

Edition: 2009

Authors: Eric P. Nash, Frederik L. Schodt

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Before giant robots, space ships, and masked super heroes filled the pages of Japanese comic books--known as manga--such characters were regularly seen on the streets of Japan inkamishibaistories.Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theatertells the history of this fascinating and nearly vanished Japanese art form that paved the way for modern-day comic books, and is the missing link in the development of modern manga. During the height ofkamishibaiin the 1930s, storytellers would travel to villages and set up theirbutais(miniature wooden prosceniums), through which illustrated boards were shown. The storytellers acted as entertainers and reporters, narrating tales that ranged from…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 9.13" wide x 9.50" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English