English
kamishibai
Kamishibai comes from Japanese 紙芝居 ‘kamishibai: story told by revealing, one after…’.
- Japanesemodern紙芝居‘kamishibai: story told by revealing, one after another’literally ‘paper drama’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007kamishibai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern紙芝居‘kamishibai: story told by revealing, one after another’literally ‘paper drama’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007kamishibai
Earliest quotation: 2007, The New York Times, Spare Times for Children: “Japan Society will honor it with kamishibai, a traditional…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 紙芝居 (literally “paper drama”).
Every English word from Japanese 紙芝居
Today it means
noun A traditional Japanese form of storytelling using picture scrolls, revived in the twentieth century by travelling showmen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 紙芝居 / kamishibai