NichiDict

紙芝居

かみしばい
[kamishibai]

Meanings

1.Noun

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

Examples

公園で紙芝居を見て喜んだ。

We enjoyed watching a kamishibai performance in the park.

昭和の紙芝居文化について調べた。

I researched the kamishibai culture of the Showa era.

子どもたちに紙芝居を演じて聞かせた。

I performed a kamishibai story for the children.